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محمد نور- فرقة هارموني باند Mohammad Nour – The Harmony Band
Posted on July 23, 2013 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
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Look who is training terrorist !
Posted on July 21, 2013 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
Soul Whispers
Posted on July 21, 2013 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
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I think of You
Splendid thoughts
Buds through my soul
Sublime and beautiful
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Majestic waves
of love so great
Runs through my being
Serene and graceful
Tender and pure
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Breaking-free
Posted on July 20, 2013 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
Those who robbed Palestine have NO moral or ethical argument whatsoever, so they got into the habit of using two fig leaves to cover their nude morality: Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial.
Accusing Palestinians or human right activists of being hateful, racist and antisemites because they EXPOSE and DETEST the ideology of SUPREMACY rampant amongst the occupiers of Palestine, yet simultaneously keeping MUTE about such supremacy within, is hypocrisy at best, and active deception at worst.
What a bizarre configuration imposed upon Palestinians; they are called racist for fighting racism, they are called antisemites while being Semitic to the core, they are obliged to defend the rights of their persecutors before their own, they are expected to study and sympathise with the history of their occupiers before their own current ongoing ethnic cleansing and slow genocide, they are supposed to care more for the feelings of those who genocided them for over six decades before they care about their liberation, and they are demanded to fall in love with the “humanity” of their occupiers and express that love in no uncertain terms otherwise their own humanity is in doubt and would be put on trial.
It defies belief to watch such scenario written, directed and acted by some alleged “supporters” of Palestine; they call activists racists for being ferociously against all forms of racism, while they consolidate the racism of their own by propagating such accusations as a smoke screen to silence truths and conceal ugliness in one shot.
Palestinians and their genuine supporters must walk away from the distraction of those who insist on injecting our struggle with banners of “fighting antisemitism”, or “fighting holocaust denial”, these are NOT our battles, these battles belong to ADL and its ilk.
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Palestinians and their genuine supporters must come together to dialogue, explore strategies and hopefully work for unified aims with clear vision without having to tiptoe around their thoughts along the path for freedom, and without having to sacrifice their aspiration of liberation on the altar of sensitivities of their persecutors and for the sake of not offending their oppressors.
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Princess of Dreams
Posted on July 19, 2013 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
Dedicated to the young girl I saw studying in the vicinity of Al-Agsa mosque- May, 2013
Timidly I stretch my arms out
I bow my head in humble awe
Kissing those delicate hands
Wiping sorrow off your tender eyes
O… soul of my soul
Delight us with your dreams ignore death around
No to submissiveness no to being idle
Plant seeds of hope inside of us… lilies
Baby smiles
Spectra of love
Longing poetry
Celebrations of glory… huge grins
On the cusp of homeland scatter your winning laughter
Almond Blossom … fragrant roses … heart beats … tears of love … and stars
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أميرة الأحلام
Posted on July 19, 2013 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
اقبّل هذي الأيادي الرقيقة
وامسح احزان هاتيك العيون
ايا مهجة الروح
جودي بالمنى رغم المنايا
فلا للخنوع ولا للخمول
ازرعي الأمال فينا زنبقاً
أحلام طفلٍ
أطياف عشق
أنغام شوق
أعراس مجد باسمات
وعلى أعتاب الديار انثري ضحكات فوزك
زهرٍ لوز… عبق ورد… خفق قلب… دمع حبٍّ… ونجوم
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Qur’an through the eyes of an outsider
Posted on July 16, 2013 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
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Here We Stay. . . هنا باقون
Posted on July 11, 2013 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
By Palestinian poet Tawfeeq Zieyad
Translation by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
Here We Stay
Twenty impossible we are
In Lod, and Ramleh, Galilee
Here, on top of your chests, anchored like a wall
In your throats we shall stay, a piece of glass, a cactus thorn,
and in your eyes a blazing fire
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Here, on top of your chests, anchored like a wall
Hungry .. Bare .. Confronting
Singing poems
Storming angry streets with demonstrations
Filling prisons with Dignity
Making children
Revolutionary
Generation .. after generation
Twenty impossible we are
In Lod, Ramleh, and Galilee
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Here we stay
Go, drink seawater
While we guard the shadow of figs and olives trees
Cultivate ideas, like yeast in a dough
Cool as ice our nerves
Our hearts a blazing hell
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If we get thirsty, we squeeze rocks
We eat dirt if hungry, but we do not leave
Our precious blood we do not withhold … do not withhold … do not withhold
Here … Our past … our present … And our future
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Twenty impossible we are
In Lod, and Ramleh, Galilee
Our living roots entrenched deep
Our ancestors hold on
Better for the oppressor to review his calculations
Before the wheel goes off
For every action has a reaction
Recite: What is written in the book
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هنا باقون
توفيق زياد
كأننا عشرون مستحيل
في اللد , والرملة , والجليل
هنا .. على صدوركم , باقون كالجدار
وفي حلوقكم
كقطعة الزجاج , كالصبار
وفي عيونكم
زوبعة من نار
هنا .. على صدوركم , باقون كالجدار
نجوع .. نعرى .. نتحدى
ننشد الأشعار
ونملأ الشوارع الغضاب بالمظاهرات
ونملأ السجون كبرياء
ونصنع الأطفال .. جيلا ثائرا .. وراء جيل
كأننا عشرون مستحيل
في اللد , والرملة , والجليل
إنا هنا باقون
فلتشربوا البحرا
نحرس ظل التين والزيتون
ونزرع الأفكار , كالخمير في العجين
برودة الجليد في أعصابنا
وفي قلوبنا جهنم حمرا
إذا عطشنا نعصر الصخرا
ونأكل التراب إن جعنا .. ولا نرحل
وبالدم الزكي لا نبخل .. لا نبخل .. لا نبخل
هنا .. لنا ماض .. وحاضر .. ومستقبل
كأننا عشرون مستحيل
في اللد , والرملة , والجليل
يا جذرنا الحي تشبث
واضربي في القاع يا أصول
أفضل أن يراجع المضطهد الحساب
من قبل أن ينفتل الدولاب
لكل فعل رد فعل:- … إقرأوا
ما جاء في الكتاب
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Alice in Holy-land
Posted on July 11, 2013 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
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Alice was falling up, then rising down,
With a quantum leap, transcending
Into a parallel universe
Were every thing is upside down,
And nothing is what it seems to be;
In a forgotten land, once called Palestine.
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In this land of wonders, Alice saw
Murderers get Nobel peace prizes,
Thieves are the guardians
Of peace and security,
War criminals are the law,
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In this land of faith, Alice saw
Strangers claiming that
God gave them every thing;
For they are the chosen
Above all others,
Despite the fact: most of them
Don’t even believe in God.
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In this land of pain, Alice saw
Olive trees uprooted for having roots in the past,
Farmers beaten for harvesting their crops,
Men shot for wanting to pray,
Women imprisoned for having a family,
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Children killed for going to school,
Babies gassed for… being.
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In this land of sorrow
Alice saw people in refugee camps;
With large rustic keys around their necks,
Gazing away in despair
At beautiful, invisible homes in the distance,
With no keyholes, no doors, not even walls.
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In this land of history
Alice saw signs for peace;
That only led to war and terror;
Road maps, but no roads;
Security zones, with no security;
Miles long checkpoints, where nothing is checked.
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In this land of paradox
Alice saw a queen of hearts
Leading an army with hearts of stone,
Yet Alice picked up stones
With tender hearts,
Stones with tongues
That can dance and even sing.
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And through the rabbit hole
Alice came out again,
Disorientated and bewildered
Alice was in Holy-land
She went, she saw, she understood.
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Poetry for Palestine 