Women are 50 % of the world and gave birth to the other half... we are the world
I want to tell the world
I want to tell the world
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I want to tell the world
A story
About a home With a broken lantern
And a burnt doll
About a picnic That wasn’t enjoyed
About an axe That killed a tulip
A story about a fire That consumed a plait
a story about a tear that couldn't run down
I want to tell a story About a goat That wasn’t milked
About a mother’s dough That wasn’t baked
About a wedding That wasn’t celebrated
And a baby girl that didn’t grow up
About a football That wasn’t kicked
About a dove That didn’t fly
I want to tell a story About a key That wasn’t used
About a classroom That wasn’t attended
About a playground That was silenced
About a book That wasn’t read
About a besieged lonely farm
And about its fruits That weren’t picked
About a lie that wasn't discovered
A story about a church That’s no longer prayed in
And a mosque That no longer stands
And a culture No longer rejoiced
I want to tell a story About a muddy grassy roof
About a stone That faced a tank
And about a stubborn flag That refuses to lie down
About a spirit that cannot be defeated
I want to tell the world A story
Now Light a little candle for Palestine
You can do it
Light a candle One little candle
Watch the darkness fade away
Just try it out
One ray of light
Wipes away the gloomiest
Jet-black nights
As the dawn breaks
Just observe
Can you see that
All the might of darkness
In the world
Cannot extinguish
The faintest flicker
Of a beam of light
Light a candle
One little candle
Watch the darkness fade away
You can do it
Hey.. WORLD
Did you hear me?
12 Comments
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Comment by soso on September 5, 2008 at 12:54pm -
Nahida
Reading you remembers me for what I do what I do.
Nahida
Your words join mine.
And the pictures remember me what I lived in 2002 in Gaza.
God bless you all
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Comment by nahida on September 5, 2008 at 3:41pm -
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Thank you dear friends: Eva, Soso, Mary and Mary-Elizabeth and please feel free to re-post the photo essay wherever you feel apropriate
I wrote it to tell the WORLD
the whole wide world
Please help me do that
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Comment by nahida on September 8, 2008 at 6:10pm
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Power Point
i want to tell the world pm.pps
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Comment by mary rizzo on September 8, 2008 at 7:58pm -
This is great. When I get back, I will do my best to set this up quickly and this helps a great deal. I can't tell you enough how I admire this great effort you made. I look at it every time I come to the site and it always shakes me.
By the way, I met Salam Daher, the man wearing black and eyeglasses holding the dead infant in the photo. He was a rescue worker for 20 years in S. Lebanon, and he has seen lots of horrible things, but he said that there was nothing that had prepared rescue workers for this kind of atrocity. He didn't say "emergency", but atrocity. How can it be anything else when infants are killed? Worse than that, Israel never admits that it has scraped the bottom of the barrel this low, will not be accountable for what they have done.
I hope your efforts wake up some sleeping consciences. It is not "sensationalism", or vendetta, but righteous indignation. How can anyone but feel that this anything but a manifestation of evildoing and a lack of humanity?
I don't accept wars between soldiers, but when they touch civilians, it is a world turned on its head. We have to wake up and see that it is unacceptable. WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE SACRED! NO ONE TOUCH THEM!
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Comment by nahida on September 8, 2008 at 8:40pm
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This is a coded version of the post:
I want to tell the worl pm.doc
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Comment by Al-Khansa on September 8, 2008 at 8:43pm -
Nahida..... what can I say...amongst such tragedy your words speak with such a beauty ..
so much love.Your photo essay has left me in tears.And I hope you dont mind if I use it as well....to spread the word...
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Comment by nahida on September 8, 2008 at 8:50pm
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Dear Mary, have a nice and safe holiday, wishing you the best ... always
lots of love
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Comment by nahida on September 8, 2008 at 8:53pm
- Dear by Al-Khansa , thank you for your comment, and please do help in spreading the word, we need to show the truth so people can make informed decisions
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Comment by Aqua on September 13, 2008 at 11:28pm -
Salam Nahida,
I posted your moving and sad essay on myspace for all to see and left everyone the link to this site..
Peace and Blessings
Aqua
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I will post this up as a photo essay on PTT after I get back from a short pause after the 15th. This has to be seen by as many people as possible.
Thank you, beloved friend.