Category Archives: Poems

We Walk on the Bridge by Mahmoud Darwish

You’re afflicted, like me, with a bird’s journey and this happens in the afternoon, when you say: Take me to the river you foreign man, to the river take me my road upon your banks is long And we listen … Continue reading

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To Gaza’s Journalists: The Guardians of Truth

Phalapoem editor, 19/01/2025 For 470 days, the skies rained fire,Yet you stood, Gaza’s unyielding choir.Through genocide’s shadow, your voices rose,Revealing truths the enemy chose to oppose.In the heart of destruction, where humanity bled,You chronicled lives lost, tears unshed.The settlers’ terror, … Continue reading

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470 Days: Unbroken

Words: Anas Al-SharifPoem: Phalapoem editor , 18/01/25 470 days of sorrow, of strife,Yet we stand, unyielding, clinging to life.Exhausted we are, worn and frail,But our spirit endures; we will not fail.I lost my father, friends, and kin,Their voices echo where … Continue reading

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Defying Despair: Wael’s Resilient Odyssey

Background: Israeli Occupational forces (IOF) killed his wife, daughter, a son and grandson. The next day Wael Al-Dahdouh, Al Jazeera ‘s journalist returned to work. A few weeks later, IOF injured him and killed his colleague, Samir Abu Daqa, Jazeera’s … Continue reading

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Jerusalem by Nazar Qabbani

I wept until my tears were dry I prayed until the candles flickered I knelt until the floor creaked I asked about Mohammed and Christ Oh Jerusalem, the fragrance of prophets The shortest path between earth and sky Oh Jerusalem, … Continue reading

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Ein al-Zeitun Massacre 

In Ein al Zeitun’s shadows, whispers of fate,800 souls, a village’s tragic state.1929’s echoes, a vengeful surge,Palmach’s battalion, on Safed’s verge. Davidka’s deadly strain, a village in pain,Ein Zeitun’s tale, forced exodus’s stain.Palmach’s fury, Safad’s twilight delight,Golani Brigade’s chilling decree … Continue reading

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The Dance with Power’s Shadow

Phalapoem editor, 4/01/25 To the lands where conflict brews,Where the cries of war infuse,He aligns with power’s face,Netanyahu’s embrace. Critics watch with eyes so keen,As he steps where few have been,Supporting those with hands stained red,From a war where peace … Continue reading

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A Call to Challenge Oppression

Background Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) is a Palestinian-led movement for freedom, justice and equality. Where strife and oppression fiercely brew, Occupation’s grip, a tyrannical view. Israel’s actions, a blatant affront, Palestinians’ rights, brutally shunned. Inspired by history, South Africa’s defiant … Continue reading

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Innocence Erased: The Tragedy of Stolen Lands

Palestinians carry their possessions on their heads as they flee from a village in Galilee about five months after the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 File: Reuters Background The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has claimed tens of thousands of lives and … Continue reading

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Israeli Occupation; The Serial Hospital Bomber

Background:500 innocent people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza.  In the crowded hospital, where silence weeps,The Serial Bomber in sorrow’s keeps.Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, a fortress of pain,500 souls lost, in a relentless rain. Israeli … Continue reading

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