Category Archives: Peace

The Journey: a poem الرحيل

This poem, simple as it is, means a lot to me. It is a journey, a kind of spiritual odyssey to the unknown. It features a sea, a moon, lightning, thunder, a boat and a traveller. I rank it among … Continue reading

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The Anti-war Campaigners would do better to shout: Hands off Syria, Assad!

http://therepublicgs.net/2013/09/14/the-anti-war-campaigners-would-do-better-to-shout-hands-off-syria-assad/   The Anti-war Campaigners would do better to shout: Hands off Syria, Assad! Alisar Iram 14 September 2013 Below are some of my thoughts on the Anti-war Movement and the antiwar campaigners, in addition to the infiltrators: the Assadis who … Continue reading

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Syria needs a sea change into something rich and strange.

I need to dream. Last night, the full moon rose in golden glory and touched the sea with rare splendour. There was a strange beauty in the moonlit waves and the luminous night, a beauty that made me whisper: everything … Continue reading

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Let this rainbow be a covenant between man and man

Let this rainbow be a covenant between man and man: That death will have no dominion That children will not be butchered That their limbs will not be torn from their bodies  And be mangled That young girls will not … Continue reading

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