Borders Borders, An American Poem For You ~ by Chelli Stanley

Kawther Salam | Apr 8, 2013 ثوار سوريون دخلوا إسرائيل للعلاج وخرجوا عملاء ل – بني جانتس إقتراح موجه للأخوة السوريين By Chelli Stanley, an American woman in her late twenties who visited my occupied homeland Hebron, from where I was expelled by the Zionist Israeli occupation in 2002. Pictures Credit: CPT. When I went […]

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Ultimate Zionist Bankruptcy: Israel’s education ministry ‘suspends program’ over Palestinian novel

Maan News Agency | Dec 6, 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) – Israel’s Ministry of Education has suspended a literature program for fifth graders because a Palestinian novel was on its syllabus, Israeli media reported Wednesday. The ministry suspended the program after parents complained that pupils were asked to read and summarize “The little lamp,” a book […]

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“The Fall of the Oppressor” ~ A Poem by @DimaEleiwa

The Fall of the Oppressor They’re trying to mess with my head, psychologically. Telling me my wife is cheating on me. I know, he’s lying, the picture is clear. I know, he’s bluffing, yet the lie still pressures me. It reminds me of how weak and helpless I am here… But my faith is strong, […]

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Originally posted on zaidzaidane:
Imprisoned Dreams Hurt, abused, raped and confused, Her eyes radiate a longing for love, someone to hold her, Looking deep into her eyes I see a fallen neglected rose that struggled and grew I wonder where she is, if she looks for me Unveiled love, it was hidden and so she…

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German author Grass says Israel endangers world peace (Incl. English & Arabic translation of Poem)

By Gareth Jones BERLIN (Reuters) — Nobel Prize-winning German writer Guenter Grass has attacked Israel as a threat to world peace and said it must not be allowed to launch military strikes against Iran, in a poem that led one German newspaper to brand him “the eternal anti-Semite.” Grass, 84, a seasoned campaigner for left-wing […]

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Mark Gonzales: Voice of a Global Indigenous Palestine

Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. Gonzales is the founder of the Human Writes project, an alliance of artists and community activists dedicated to supporting human rights through multi-media arts. Al Akhbar English | Amany Al-Sayyed |  February 10, 2012 I’m a poet, an educator, a lover of life and the […]

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To Mustafa’s Mothers ~ by Bassem Tamimi

Related: Israel killed Mustafa Tamimi – Overview | The Funeral – in pictures Dec 15, 2011 In the name of God the Merciful the Compassionate. O beautiful mothers who have waited for their sons to return, My beautiful sisters, which gave to the country what is most dear to the heart, O most beautiful women […]

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@Remroum – Remi Kanazi’s Poetic Injustice #UK Tour

About Remi… Remi Kanazi is a poet, writer, and activist based in New York City. He is the editor of Poets For Palestine (Al  Jisser Group, 2008). His political commentary has been featured by news outlets throughout the world, including Al Jazeera English, GRITtv with Laura Flanders, and BBC  Radio. His poetry has taken him […]

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My Name is #Nakba {Poem} ~ by @YasirTineh

My name is #Nakba, I’m the son of a murdered father & the daughter of a childless mother. I’m a twin in my being, A girl called Palestine & a boy called Palestinian,Yet I’m a family where sisters don’t have sisters & brothers don’t have brothers. I’m Palestine & I have been raped, I cried […]

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Tahar Ben Jelloun: A Poem for Fatima – Massacre at #Sabra and Shatila…

Related to the Special Topic: Sabra & Shatila Massacre Posted by Patrick Mac Manus at  the Peace and Collaborative Development Network|  January 29, 2011 | They came in through the roof They closed the doors and windows They stuffed a fistful of sand into her mouth and nostrils, Fatima. Their hands ripped her stomach blood […]

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I want to tell a Story….

I want to tell the world a story… about a home with a broken lantern and a burned doll, about a picnic that wasn’t enjoyed, about an axe that killed the flowers; A story about a fire that consumed a plait, a story about a tear that didn’t run down… I want to tell a […]

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I am Palestine – by Nadine

Poem by Nadine ⋅ May 19, 2011 I am Palestine I am Palestine. The stone homes my people built are now replaced with rubble. The olive trees that once stood are now replaced with despair. I am Palestine. While imperialists live in leisure on my land, my people live in refugee camps barely making it. I […]

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Nakba, the Palestine catastrophe… – a poem

Paul Balles |  Posted on |  Saturday, May 21, 2011| Gulf News One of my first students when I came to the Middle East was a young Palestinian boy. He had earned a scholarship to attend the university. Remarkably, this young man had grown up in a refugee camp. His mother and father, plus 11 […]

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Erasure – A Poem from Palestine

Translator’s note: My father Abdul Karim Sabawi never published this poem before although he did publish countless of books of poetry. He said this one he kept in his heart like a blade that pierced him and released a bitter poison of doubt that he too would become part of a nation ethnically cleansed and driven […]

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Palestinian …………… I was born

Revealing Gaza: In The Eyes Of The Beholder poem by Omar Ghraieb A poem I wrote and then was surprised to see it being shared on so many websites :) enjoy : Palestinian I was born, a stone was found carved in my hand because we were born to resist even if it meant to […]

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