In 2002, during the invasion of Bethlehem and the siege of the Nativity, ISM activists stayed with families in Aida Camp and with the children and Director of Alrowwad Center. This is a poem sent to us from our friend Abed, Director of the Center.
Ramadan Karim, Despite the Anger
May Ramadan be the time
where all arms fast
all violence cease
all hatred halt
and love flows like a dancing river
on the music of warm hearts
May the Eid come with peace
happiness, joys and kindness of human hearts
No weapon is more needed than a smile
No arms are needed more than love
No wishes are needed more than peace
no desires are needed more than freedom
Ramadan Karim to all
despite the ugliness and barbarism of the Israeli occupation
despite the inhumanity in the silent media and the blind
international policies
despite the weakness of a presumed authority with no authority at all
despite all the tears of pain and tears of anger
despite all these cries that cut the silence in thousands of
fragments... maybe on day, one of these fragments touch the heart
and the conscience of the sleeping, or pretending asleep world ....
Abdelfattah Abu-Srour, PhD
Director
Alrowwad Cultural and Theatre Training Center
http://alrowwad.virtualactivism.net
International Solidarity Movement http://palsolidarity.org
For those who wish to learn more of Ramadan, which began a week ago, please see:
Hope Springs Eternal ! http://www.islamonline.net/english/ramadan/1425/index.shtml
Ramadan Karim, Despite the Anger
May Ramadan be the time
where all arms fast
all violence cease
all hatred halt
and love flows like a dancing river
on the music of warm hearts
May the Eid come with peace
happiness, joys and kindness of human hearts
No weapon is more needed than a smile
No arms are needed more than love
No wishes are needed more than peace
no desires are needed more than freedom
Ramadan Karim to all
despite the ugliness and barbarism of the Israeli occupation
despite the inhumanity in the silent media and the blind
international policies
despite the weakness of a presumed authority with no authority at all
despite all the tears of pain and tears of anger
despite all these cries that cut the silence in thousands of
fragments... maybe on day, one of these fragments touch the heart
and the conscience of the sleeping, or pretending asleep world ....
Abdelfattah Abu-Srour, PhD
Director
Alrowwad Cultural and Theatre Training Center
http://alrowwad.virtualactivism.net
International Solidarity Movement http://palsolidarity.org
For those who wish to learn more of Ramadan, which began a week ago, please see:
Hope Springs Eternal ! http://www.islamonline.net/english/ramadan/1425/index.shtml