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Supremacy as an Ideology
Posted on April 8, 2021 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
If you are anti-racist who cares about humanity and the future of humanity, please download this power-point presentation and keep it as a reference file
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Don’t Miss Out
Posted on January 2, 2021 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
Get off your seat
Hold on very tight
Your fractured wings
And tearful soul
Meander outside
With a limping heart
A dreary story
A sack filled with pain
Wander in a meadow
Hug a weeping willow
Kiss a sleepy flower
Sway with the breeze
Flung open the gates
of your weary heart
Exhale all sorrow
Breath in the Light
Send waves of love
Up up so high
Violet and blue
Paint pink the sky
Awe struck in wonder
Bathing in splendour
Draw the world a rainbow
Up above the clouds
Watch God’s glory
Cascade like rain
Watch God’s wonder
Cascade like rain
Watch God’s love
Cascade like rain
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We Teach Love, Sir
Posted on December 5, 2020 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
Only in Palestine
Two Palestinian prisoners, one has been sentenced for 21 years and his friend has been sentenced for 7 years.
The friend who has the lowest sentence and after the approval of his mother, put a request to carry an extra 7 years on behalf of his friend, and to reduce the sentence of his friend.
His request was approved and they both were released together yesterday, after 14 years in prison.
They celebrated together, along with their mothers, families and friends.
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God’s Language
Posted on November 11, 2020 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
God speaks in many different ways
God speaks in light, shades, colours and rainbows
Ultraviolet, red, mauve and umber
God speaks in codes and cryptic language
Pi 𝛑 and Phi Φ, crystal clear, baffling signs
Harmonious psalms and magical numbers
Gods speaks in letters: “be”, WOW, it is
In waves, in quarks and supernovas
Infinitesimal, gigantic splendour
God speaks in images that capture your soul
Can you hear the melody of a baby’s hand
wrapped around his mama’s finger
God speaks in rhyme, sublime and tender
In the fragrance of a flower
Embracing life with joyful wonder
God speaks in roaring prose, majestic, supreme
In the pounding of the ocean
In the yowl of piercing thunder
God speaks in a voice, august superb
In the trickling of a stream
Running its course, no rest, no slumber
God speaks in hymns, enchanting serene
In the awe-inspiring DNA
and the elegance of nuclae
Gods speaks in empathic poesy
In the sorrowful tears of a doleful child
and the shimmering sparkle in his hopeful eyes
God speaks in sonnet of elation
In chants of gratitude and silent prayer
In the grace of souls, teeming of devotion
God speaks the language of brilliance
In the axioms of mathematics
In stars dancing, harmonious motion
God speaks in Divine verses
Perfection and bliss, imbued in euphoria
Infused in hearts of prophets and children
Stay still
Close your eyes, open your heart wide
Can you hear God’s throbbing whispers?
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قدس الأقداس
Posted on October 4, 2020 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
عندما تتألمين تتألمين بعنف ليس كألم الناس
عندما تحبين تحبين بعنف ليس كحب الناس
عندما تفرحين تفرحين بعنف ليس كفرح الناس
قدس الأقداس أنت
باعك الأنجاس في سوق النخاسة
عجبت هل من شئ على وجه هذه الارض لم نتعلمه منك؟
حتى وأنت ثكلى مثقلة بجراحك، تعتصرين ألما
تطلين علينا من محرابك بابتسامة فاتنة
تلقيننا دروسا في الفرح والعشق والامل
كنا قد نسيناها
وي كأن الله عندما قسم الجمال اعطى عُشره للكون ووالباقي كله لك
وعندما قسّم الطهر اعطى عُشره للكون والباقي كله لك
وعندما قسّم الصبر اعطى عُشره للكون والباقي كله لك
وعندما قسّم الآلام اعطى عُشرها للكون والباقي كله لك
وعندما قسّم الافراح اعطى عُشرها للكون والباقي كله لك
وي وكأن دموعك القدسية تأبى أن تنساب إلاّ مزاميراً بنكهة الجنة
علمينا الحب يا حبيبة فإنا قد نسيناهُ
علمينا كيف نجني الفرح من صحارى الأحزان
وكيف من بذور اليأس نحصد الأملا
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Discern and Ascertain
Posted on October 1, 2020 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
Is it hate speech or Islamophobic to say:
“I disagree with Islam’s views on marriage, LGBT, alcohol, life, lifestyle, women, politics…etc”?
No, of course it is not.
You are expressing an opinion using your inalienable human right to freedom of thought and freedom of expression.
Is it hate speech or Islamophobic to say:
“I will never follow an Islamic lifestyle, I will have whatever relationships I desire, whenever I want, and I will never wear hijab, and Muslims have no right to make me stop drinking”?
No, of course it is not.
You are expressing an opinion using your inalienable human right to freedom of thought and freedom of expression.
Is it hate speech or Islamophobic to say:
“Muslims have no right to impose their lifestyle, their prayer or their culture on me or on my children, their freedom ends where mine begins”
No, of course it is not.
You are expressing an opinion using your inalienable human right to freedom of thought and freedom of expression.
Is it hate speech and Islamophobic to say “kill all Muslims, Nuke’em all, Muslims are terrorists”?
Yes it is.
You are inciting hatred and advocating for violent crimes
Is it hate speech or homophobic to say:
“I disagree with LGBT’s views on sexuality and on child-sex education, lifestyle, politics, gender-identity, …. etc”?
No, of course it is not.
You are expressing an opinion using your inalienable human right to freedom of thought and freedom of expression.
Is it hate speech or homophobic to say:
“I disagree with obligating Muslims to conduct and bless gay-marriage in mosques and I disagree with gay-adoption laws because it ignores the rights of the child” ?
No, of course it is not.
You are expressing an opinion using your inalienable human right to freedom of thought and freedom of expression.
Is it hate speech or homophobic to say:
“LGBT have no right to impose their views or lifestyle on me or my children, their freedom ends where mine begins”?
No, of course it is not.
You are expressing an opinion using your inalienable human right to freedom of thought and freedom of expression.
Is it hate speech and homophobic to say “kill all homosexuals, hang them all, homosexuals are evil”?
Yes it is.
You are inciting hatred and advocating for violent crimes.
Is it any clearer, now?
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Stitched
Posted on September 30, 2020 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
My wounded soul is a patch work
Chopped pieces of stubborn memories
Fraying at the edges
Vivid all around
Refusing to fade away
Stitched together with a thread of love
Embroidered with hope
My soul became a piece of art
Suited for a museum
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“Life On Hold” Quilt
Posted on September 30, 2020 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
This quilt is very special to me ❤️
“Life On Hold”
It took me about three weeks to make, I finished on the 19 December 2005, just the last night before the departure of my beloved husband Khaled ❤️
During my work on this quilt, Khaled was in hospital in a coma and it’s during those two agonizing weeks that quilt was embroidered
I gave it the name ‘Life on Hold’ reflecting Life in Exile for a Palestinian. Moreover, during this work my life was literally on hold, for the entire two weeks period of Khaled being in coma 💔
I started making it just days before Khaled went to hospital, he offered to help, even though he never embroidered or even stitched anything before ❤️ He did try, bless his soul ❤️ and he managed a few stitches, and that is the more reason I love and cherish this quilt.
He left me part of him in there ❤️
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I Love, therefore I am
Posted on September 29, 2020 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
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Empty handed, I came
Except of a heart
Full of love
and a soul full of awe
Empty handed, I shall leave
Except of a heart
Full of love
and a soul full of awe
If you ever wondered who I am
If you’re curious to know
If you want to remember me
With anything, after my departure
Two words
I LOVE
I love my children, a bequest from above
A peek into Heaven, and a love pure, Divine
I love my grandchildren, a whiff of angels, a taste of paradise
Hope they imbue, trust they sow and joy they enshrine
I love my mum, my flowery tiara, my song of praise
Her life she gives with glee, her heart tears for every passer by
I love my father, my crown, my honour, my wreath of fame
In humble gratitude, gracious blessings, my head bows down
I love my siblings every single one of them
Afar in their bodies, in my soul, ever so near, intertwined
I love my friends and kin
Those who are nigh and those who are far
Meadows of wildflowers, sway around my soul
I love you, and you and you and him and her
I love you all with all my heart, with all my soul
Every child gaping in awe
Every baby who saw the light and every one who’s not yet born
I Love
Every wrinkled face, carved with pain
Eyes shimmering with hope, soul filled with grace
Arms tender secure, what a holy embrace
I Love
Every father grinding his whole
To see his lovelies giggling with joy
A burning candle to brighten the way
Dispel all horror, secure the home
I Love
Every mother enduring agony
Sleepless nights, growing fears, flowing tears
No strings attached, no hidden agenda
Just love so pure, unconditional, perfect, sublime
I Love
I love the rustling of leaves, whispers of children, singing of nightingales
I love the crashing of waves on the seashore
I love the scent of jasmine blooming, and roses rambling on a wall
I love the aroma of grandma’s bread, fresh out of her taboon
I love colours of the rainbow
Blazing red, burning orange
Bursting yellow, refreshing green
Enchanting violet, magical indigo, and calming blue
I love animals, I love fish, I love birds and butterflies
I love leaves and coral reefs and dreamy skies
I love grass, I love rivers and oceans azures
I love pebbles, I love cobbles and brave stones
I love mountains, rocky hills and sandy shores
I love raindrops, snowflakes, and misty due
I love trees and flowers, all shapes and hues
I love the World
With all what it contains
With all my heart and all my soul
Every swimming star, twirling galaxy and dazzling blackhole
Every dancing atom, every praying particle, every spinning positron
Above all and most of all
I love the One and Only
Majestic beyond words
Compassionate beyond dreams
Infinite Beyond the grasp of minds
Whose love embraces all
If my heart would have a hole
My love would leak and fill a pail
The pail would flow and fill a stream
The stream would flood and fill a river
The river would deluge and fill an ocean
The ocean would expand and overflow
Earth would gush and drench the universe
Beneath the Throne of the One Most Loving, Most High
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