Posted on April 29, 2011 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
Rising above
Soaked in humiliation
Standing in the corner
Of the -security check- cubical
All alone
No mum to hold my hand
Or calm down my fear
No dad to hide my shame
And wipe my tears away
No shoes, no socks, no clothes
Not even underwear
After being stripped
By her…
The stern face
Of this woman soldier
Was looking down at me
In fury and contempt
She started her interrogation:
Where are you going to?
Palestine, my little shaky voice replied
Where are you going to? louder and firmer
Palestine, swiftly this time
There is no Palestine, do you understand
No more Palestine
Where are you going? shouting with rage
Palestine, assertively
Determined to deny her the pleasure
Of hearing the word
She wanted to hear
A refugee, visiting my stolen Palestine
For the first time
Since the occupation
A little girl of nine
Defiant, full of dignity, I leave
Holding in my heart
My very own victory
.
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Posted on March 28, 2011 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
Simple truth
Give me some pebbles to throwPebbles are the pathway to life
The echo of its music stays
Long after the shadow of the tyrant
Fades away
Tell me;
Did you spend your life
Searching for happiness
Running after crumbs of food
Accumulating tons of rotting clothes
Desiring heaps of rusty cars
Building a house of rubble
Chasing a mirage?
Calm down
Sit for a moment
And listen to your heart-beat
Whispering :
Your tomorrow never comes
Your yesterday has long gone
Your life is nothing but this moment
You are no-where; but now-here
Don’t travel far
The dream of happiness you’re after
Is very near; inside
So, give me some pebbles to throw
Pebbles are the pathway to life
The echo of its music stays
Long after the shadow of the tyrant
Fades away
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Posted on February 21, 2011 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
Posted on June 2, 2010 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
We are not alone
We –Palestinians- are
not alone
Best of humanity… on our side
Mighty truth… Gracious morality… on our
side
Justice, dignity, human values, radiant hope
Are on our side
Soil, sand, and stones
Trees, poppies, lemon zest, and morning mist
Jerusalem sunshine and
Jenin’s moonlight
Haifa’s Carmel and
Jaffa’s shoreline
Are all on our side
We stand firm
As the stick of Moses
Splitting good and evil
Refusing to bow down
Our tragedy is a sieve
Filtering the wicked away
We all live and die…
Better die standing
Than to live crawling
Better to live with a wounded
body
and a soul…whole
Than to live and die
with a disfigured soul
Weighed down by oppression
Bent by corruption
Inflated by arrogance
Twisted by greed
Intoxicated by power
Better die standing
With a soul…whole
*****************
Love, salutation, and
gratitude
To all the great pure selfless
souls on board Flotilla
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Posted on May 6, 2010 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
Stone the terrorist
Stone the terrorist
No one knows my real name
No one cared to ask
An alien entity… with lost identity
To some I’m the manifestation
Of the horror of the newspapers
The wicked one
Plotting with the axis of evil
To others I’m the one
Who ascended from the past’s graveyard
To drag humanity to the age
Of ignorance and darkness
In the eighties I was Khomeini
Then I became Qaddafi
In the nineties I was Saddam Hussein
Then I became Ben laden
Yesterday I was Nasrullah…
Today I am Ahmedinejad
Tomorrow who knows
But no one knows my real name
No one cared to ask
I am the suspect… the accused
The criminal… the illegal
The immoral… the uncivilised
The brainless…. the terrorist
The peace hater… the freedom loather
The democracy rejecter
To eliminate me is an honourable deed
For I am the human with no humanity
My crime is…
Being
My sin is…
Believing
Do you know who I am?
I am a Palestinian Muslim
With a hijab on
05-05-2006
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Posted on April 19, 2010 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
Jerusalem
What did they do to you!
Claiming your love
But cause you none
Sweet Jerusalem
I heard you crying that night
Your frail beautiful frame
Trembling… aching… diminishing…
Your sad eyes avoiding mine
Sweet Jerusalem
I want to crawl towards you…
To kiss the aromatic scent
Of your ancient alleyways
Fall on my knees… repenting…
At Damascus gate, howling
I failed you… I let you down
That blue stripy dress of yours
Bury my face… bury my shame
Sweet Jerusalem
I want to kneel down
Put my arms around you
Caress your weary brow
And murmur
Pardon me my dearest
I am sorry sweetheart
Sweet Jerusalem
I want to untangle your jet-black hair
Comb your gorgeous curls
Adorn your plaits with rainbow ribbons
And whisper… habibti
You look stunning today
Habibti… now show me
Your most charming… much missed smile
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Posted on April 15, 2010 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
I want to tell the world
AUTHOR: Nahida
I want to tell the world a story
About a home with a broken lantern
And a burnt doll
About a picnic that wasn’t enjoyed
About an axe that killed a tulip
A story about a fire that consumed a plait
a story about a tear that couldn’t run down
I want to tell a story about a goat that wasn’t milked
About a mother’s dough that wasn’t baked
About a wedding that wasn’t celebrated
And a baby girl that didn’t grow up
About a football that wasn’t kicked
About a dove that didn’t fly
I want to tell a story about a key that wasn’t used
About a classroom that wasn’t attended
About a playground that was silenced
About a book that wasn’t read
About a besieged lonely farm
And about its fruits that weren’t picked
About a lie that wasn’t discovered
A story about a church that’s no longer prayed in
And a mosque that no longer stands
And a culture no longer rejoiced
I want to tell a story about a muddy grassy roof
About a stone that faced a tank
And about a stubborn flag that refuses to lie down
About a spirit that cannot be defeated
I want to tell the world a story
Now light a little candle for Palestine
You can do it
Light a candle One little candle
Watch the darkness fade away
Just try it out
One ray of light
Wipes away the gloomiest
Jet-black nights
As the dawn breaks
Just observe
Can you see that
All the might of darkness
In the world
Cannot extinguish
The faintest flicker
Of a beam of light
Light a candle
One little candle
Watch the darkness fade away
You can do it
Hey.. WORLD
Did you hear me?
Original article published on 15 July 2008
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Posted on March 31, 2010 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
Thank
you
Thank you
So, let me get this straight:
You tear my veil to free me
You jail me to rid me of my terror
You kill my beloved to liberate me
You shoot my baby to erase my misery
You starve me to show me how to vote
You threaten me to bring me to my senses
You wage war on me to help me find peace
You slay my people to teach me compassion
You humiliate me to aid me live with
dignity
You insult me to illustrate freedom of
speech
You crush my bones to save me from my evil
You demolish my home to elevate my morality
You torture my children to teach me how to
love
You uproot my tree to raise my ethical
standard
You steal my resources to bring me social
justice
You assassinate my leaders to bring me democracy
You destroy my history to educate me about
progress
You dehumanise me to coach me into humanity
You bomb my town to train me into security
You wipe me out to push me to civilisation
You scorn my faith to bring me salvation
Thank you sir
How can I -ever- pay you back?
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Posted on November 20, 2008 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
Look at me
I would love to write poetry about love,
Paint rainbows and butterflies,
Smell the scent of pink rose buds,
And dance;
Dance with the melody of jubilant bluebirds
I would love to close my eyes and see children smiling
No guns pointing at their heads
Tell them stories of lily-like fairies in far-away lands
Not of bullets shrieking…. of missiles exploding
But
How can I?
There is a dagger in my heart
I am hurting
Hurting
I bleed,
I cringe
I cry
HUMANITY,
WHERE ARE YOU?
I am being slaughtered
Under your watchful eyes
I am cold… cold…. cold
I cringe
I cry
Humanity,
where are you?
Why do you turn your face away?
Why do you keep looking the other way?
I am here
Languishing
In Gaza’s alleyways
Humanity, where are you?
Look at me
See me
I am here
Sighing
In Gaza’s alleyways
I cringe
I cry
Humanity,
Enough turning the other way !
Turning a deaf ear
Turning a blind eye
While I, and oh ! My poor children
Die
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Posted on September 13, 2008 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
