Alsalam Alaykom
Palestinian am I
No one can take away from me
My identity,
For it is mine.
Palestinian am I.
I am the river that flows
Through my land.
I am the mountain
Noble and magnificent
Rising up out of chaos and destruction.
I greet the morning sun
That shines down on my fertile valleys
And parches my barren desert.
I am the red poppy and yellow daffodil
That grow upon my bloodstained hills.
I am the battle cry of freedom
That echoes through my corridors
And every fiber of my being.
Palestinian am I.
I am the proud owner of
Orange orchards and lemon blossoms
And honey bees, wild and free.
I am the David child wielding a single stone
Against the Israeli Goliath.
I am not afraid,
For truth is with me and God is on my side.
If I die,
A choir of angels will honor me
And later, my parents will grasp my outstretched hand
And join me in Heaven.
I am the tears of
Mothers weeping for their dead sons.
I am the footsteps of ancient prophets
Who foretold of doom and destruction
To those who torture and oppress me.
My brethren are the doves, hummingbirds and seagulls
That fly unhindered above my sea.
I am Palestinian,
Therefore, I am.
No one can take my identity
Away from me,
Not tanks or guns or bombs
Meant to desecrate me and kill me.
My country lives in me.
I am the cry of liberty
No matter what they take from me,
They can’t take away my identity
Or my dignity.
Palestinian am I.
source: http://www.mediamonitors.net/edna9.html
Me: Palestinian Jordanian.
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awesome poem man....have you heard lowkey's rap,tears to laughter?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGWy6uA18…
@Aashiq,we know...and i think that too,but what else can we do?we send food and money to charity for them,and it gets blocked by Israel for "security reasons"....my social studies class is always like "OMG,the holocaust is soooo saaddddd *start crying*..." ummmmm helllooooooo?????what about the infamous "holocaust in Gaza: of DEcember 08????google it,it'll actually be called that...IRONY....my textbook said that apparently 6 million jews died in the holocaust...one time,it was a little social studies open house at my school,and we were to give a presentation about the things that happened in Europe.I talked about the spread of Islam in Spain.My friend did hers about the holocaust...my dad is sitting there,looking at her poster,and saying "the holocaust is just a conspiracy so that people can be more worried about the Jews than the palestinians....im sure that 6 million jews didn't die...this is all a lie!" i will never live it down...because now people think that im going to set off a bomb any minute now....i hate stereotypical people!
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Israel is way to strong for you guys look what they have done to you over the decades I don’t hate Palestinians but I have no respect for Lebanese Muslim criminals living in Sydney Australia - I'm glad that Israel bombed the Lebanese bastards
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stavros..........how offensive ......... i'm lebanese muslim n im not a criminal and those are my family members you're happy are bombed!
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@ Saada - your story really explains why Palestine and Israel can't work out their problems. Constantly goading each other it's ridiculous. I wish you could just get all the Palestinian leaders and the Israeli leaders, lock them in a room and not allow them out until they've either killed each other or come up with a workable peace solution. Both sides make me so angry, they're like little children who need a good smack to get some sense into them. =Z
@ Stavros - You know I watched Gangs of Oz and the police on the show said the most violent Arab gangs were the Christian Iraqis, then came the Christian Lebanese, who constantly fight with the Christian Iraqis. And the Lebanese Muslims were more into drug making working together with the Bikie gangs. But apparently the most ruthless and best organised were the Russian mafia who trumped all the gangs.
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