Category: Writings
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Book Review: ON LOVE AND DEATH
On the subject of two ubiquitous and inevitable fundamental concepts and forces of (and in) life that bind and touch us all, Patrick Süskind endeavours to explicate the ineffable powers of love and death, and their connexion to one another in his inimitable style.
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Poem: ARAKEN
And so, after some restless days and agonising nights, the following verses are what flowed.
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Poem: A SYMBOL OF MY LOVE ~ MY DECLARATION
The inspiration for this simple poem came to me after the comments, looks and [mis]treatments (and questions) I received because of the hijâb in London after the 7/7 bombings.
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Poem: DEAR SYRIA, AN APOLOGY
I wrote this poem late at night after listening to the radio about the horror in Syria.
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Poem: The CRIMSON STAINED DRESS
Because of the present, and decades long, chronic ethnic massacre of Palestine . . .
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Poem: A STRANGER AT MY DOOR
‘When you face yourself, you face the truth of who you are.’ ~ Stephen Richards
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Poem: JUST ANOTHER SHADOW
{It invites he who turned away [from truth] and fled away [from obedience]; And collected [wealth] and withheld it. Indeed, man was created very anxious; fretful when evil touches him; And when good touches him, withholding [of it].}
Skilful White Clouds (RABAB Maher) 