‘You cannot continue to victimise someone else just because you yourself were a victim once—there has to be a limit.’ ~ The Late Edward Said
Category: Writings • Creative Expression
A Wee World of Words: Poetry, Articles and Reviews ~ Sharing writings from the lonely confines and haven of my notebooks, PC folders and Dropbox Papers.
A Veiled Chick’s Outburst 05 ☁ Julia Boutros ~ What a Sad Shame
‘Patriotism is the passion of fools and the most foolish of passions.’ ~ Arthur Schopenhauer
A Fear of Free Speech
The last published piece by my late Dad ♡ رحمه الله
Article ☁ At Least ~ The Sneaky Insidious Lie
‘Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.’ ~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Quotations ☁ Justice & Injustice
‘I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.’ ~ Malcolm X رحمه الله
Poem ☁ Unconditionally Yours
As winter leaves
Autumn wanders in
Sleeping emotions
Arise from within.
Article ☁ A Vow in One “Word” ~ A Way of Life and Death
Kalimat Ash-Shahâdah, ‘the word of testimony’, is easy to utter with its pleasing flow of Arabic words, and easy to fall in love with.
A Veiled Chick’s Outburst 04 ☁ A Few Steps Too Far in Artistic Expression
The former British diplomat, the late Hasan le Gai Eaton (Allâh Yirĥamu) said, ‘that while Muslims will sagely nod in agreement when you state that ignorance, hypocrisy and fanaticism do exist in the Muslim world, they usually assume that they themselves are not guilty.’
