On the occasion of International Women Day, my Poem: Acid Attacks dedicated to Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy “SAVING FACE” a stunning achievement done by her. My poem depicts the voice of women survivors of acid attacks, who are facing countless difficulties …
Posted in Pakistan, Poetry, Videos, Women | Tagged Pakistan | Leave a commentOne rainy morning, many years ago, my teacher told us that we “were the future of this country”, that we, can achieve anything and everything, and that every country’s strongest weapon –surprisingly- wasn’t their gun, but It was their youth. …
Posted in Activism, Arabs, Creativity, Human Rights, Iraq, Literature, Middle East, Poetry, Youth | Tagged Iraq | Leave a commentThis is something I wrote when I was thinking how war/life in middle east stole away my (and many other’s) childhood, and shuttered most of our dreams, but I’m still trying to pick up the pieces of my dreams, and …
Posted in Arabs, Art, Iraq, Literature, Poetry, Youth | 6 CommentsKurdistan brushes my hair, gently singing I am your mother, I ease your burden Kurdistan kisses my eyelids, gently singing I am your mother, I let you see no evil Kurdistan caresses my hands, gently singing I am your mother, …
Posted in Kurdistan, Poetry | Tagged Kurdistan, Kurds, wan | 2 CommentsThose who were known dead, Are still alive, Those who are known alive, Were gone dead, But who knows, Our brains molded in such a way, As someone smoke and butt in ash tray, We have got diseases sow in …
Posted in Culture and Society, Issues and Causes, News and Politics, Poetry, Religion | Tagged hidden faces, lies, path to hell, slave, Zionism | Leave a commentBehind the pyramids of Egypt, Behind the seas of continents, Behind the Great Wall of China, Behind the Holy Promised land, Something that turns wood into gold, Something that turns time in control, Something that turns faith into slavery, …
Posted in Creative Media, Poetry | Tagged China, Egypt, end, faith, Holy, human race, slavery, truth, War | 3 CommentsToday is my birthday; finally I cross a line of lad, Underneath hushed neighboring and asking what I had. I hear the voices of big waves on seashore, Rising and coming towards me to encore. Countless gifts I received on …
Posted in Poetry | Leave a commentHundred miles we walked together, Our heart goes in each other, Hundred dreams we prepared over and over, You are the only one, who made my future, Its time to make our dreams come true, Hold my hand baby and …
Posted in Creative Media, Music, Poetry, Romance | Tagged baby, heart, hundred dreams, hundred miles, mirror, shadow collapse, swill standing, walked together | Leave a commentHer face and her eyes lurid with violence and brutality, It is hard to accept, but this a gift from so-called humanity, It is neither imagination nor dream, but a proof of insanity, Derived from physical madness and frenzied hostility, …
Posted in Countries/Regions, Human Rights, Issues and Causes, Literature, Poetry | Tagged Human Rights Abuse, violence, women rights | 1 CommentIts a glimpse of Iran, which could be applied to other Middle Eastern nations: Around Us by Shahin Najafi Just as I opened my eyes, I was already tired of life. I dont know what happened, but I grew old …
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