A Kashmiri boy peeps from the door of his home during a gunfight in Nowhatta area of downtown of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir: photo by Farooq Khan/EPA, 15 August 2016
INDIA - Indian army troops take position inside a building after a gunfight in Srinagar. By @TauseefMUSTAFA #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 15 August 2016
INDIA - Kashmiri mourners look on during the funeral of civilians at Aripanthan Magam village. By @TauseefMUSTAFA: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 August 2016
INDIA - Indian paramilitary troopers stand guard during a curfew in Lal Chowk in Srinagar. By @TauseefMUSTAFA #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 14 August 2016
INDIA - Indian paramilitary troopers stand guard during a curfew in Lal Chowk in Srinagar. By @TauseefMUSTAFA #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 14 August 2016
Jhanvi Behal prevented from unfurling the tricolour in #Srinagar, returns back to #Chandighar: image via NewsX Verified account @NewsX, 14 August 2016
40 days on, #Kashmir Valley Still on the boil: image via Economic Times Verified account @EconomicTimes, 16 August 2016
In Kashmir: image via Faisal Khan @lookaround81, 16 August 2016
August 14, 2016 in Srinagar, Kashmir. @lookaround81 @PakistanIndependenceDay: image via Faisal Khan @lookaround81, 14 August 2016
August 14, 2016 in Srinagar, Kashmir. @lookaround81 @PakistanIndependenceDay: image via Faisal Khan @lookaround81, 14 August 2016
Embarrassment for J and K government, as Indian flag fell while being hoisted in #Srinagar during a ceremony: image via Kashmir Dispatch @Kashmir Dispatch, 15 August 2016
Embarrassing moment......Indian flag falls off the pole in #Srinagar #SrinagarSlapsModi: image via queen of pti @queen_of_pti, 15 August 2015
Even air of Jammu and #Kashmir doesn't accept #indian flag which falls down like broken leaf from flagpole in #Srinagar: image via Fara Qureshi @Fara Qureshi, 16 August 2016
The flag of india fell in SHAME!!! Couldn't cover the shame of killing innocent people of #Kashmir by india.: image via Syed Ali Geelani @sageelani, 15 August 2016
Podcast: Why peace in Kashmir wouldn’t fix the issues between India and Pakistan: image via Reuters Opinion @ReutersOpinion, 15 August 2016
Security personnel stand guard on a deserted street during #curfew for 39th day in #Srinagar.
Photo: PTI: image via All India Radio News Verified account @airnewsalerts, 16 August 2016
In Kashmir: image via Faisal Khan @lookaround81, 16 August 2016
#India Independence day shooting injures 10 in #Kashmir: image via Al Arabiya English Verified account @AlArabiya_Eng, 14 August 2016
August 14, 2016 in Srinagar, Kashmir. @lookaround81 @PakistanIndependenceDay: image via Faisal Khan @lookaround81, 14 August 2016
August 14, 2016 in Srinagar, Kashmir. @lookaround81 @PakistanIndependenceDay: image via Faisal Khan @lookaround81, 14 August 2016
40 days on, #Kashmir Valley Still on the boil: image via Economic Times Verified account @EconomicTimes, 16 August 2016
In Kashmir: image via Faisal Khan @lookaround81, 16 August 2016
#India Independence day shooting injures 10 in #Kashmir: image via Al Arabiya English Verified account @AlArabiya_Eng, 14 August 2016
August 14, 2016 in Srinagar, Kashmir. @lookaround81 @PakistanIndependenceDay: image via Faisal Khan @lookaround81, 14 August 2016
August 14, 2016 in Srinagar, Kashmir. @lookaround81 @PakistanIndependenceDay: image via Faisal Khan @lookaround81, 14 August 2016
#Kashmir unrest: #CRPF opens fire in fresh clashes, toll rises to 63: image via Firstpost Verified account @firstpost, 16 August 2016
This -- in a matter of less than an hour. The charade of democracy on such brazen display #Kashmir.: image via Sameer S. Bhat @sameerft, 16 August 2016
Complete shutdown in #Kashmir valley following the killings. 5 more people have died in fresh firing since morning.: image via #Kashmir Dispatch @KashmirDispatch, 16 August 2016
Complete shutdown in #Kashmir valley following the killings. 5 more people have died in fresh firing since morning.: image via #Kashmir Dispatch @KashmirDispatch, 16 August 2016
Complete shutdown in #Kashmir valley following the killings. 5 more people have died in fresh firing since morning.: image via #Kashmir Dispatch @KashmirDispatch, 16 August 2016
On the eve of India and Pakistans independence anniversary message from #Kashmir is loud and clear for the world to see! : image via Mirwaiz Umar Farooq @MirwaizKashmir, 14 August 2016
#Day 35 - Strict Curfew #Demonstrations #Srinagar #Kashmir: image via Faisal Khan @lookaround81, 12 August 2016
#Day 35 - Strict Curfew #Demonstrations #Srinagar #Kashmir: image via Faisal Khan @lookaround81, 12 August 2016
#IndependenceDayIndia Cops opened fire on protesters, two Kashmiris were killed in #Srinagar. #KashmirNow: image via Nas lutas @PersonalEscritolookaround81, 16 August 2016
Here is what #Kashmir is celebrating on a mid-summer's night. || #Srinagar #KashmirUprising || Photo: @KashmirLife.: image via Sameer S. Bhat @sameerft, 11 August 2016
Indian paramilitary force personnel drink water after marching at a parade ground in Agartala: photo by AFP, 15 August 2016
Indian schoolchildren behind the national flag as they participate in Independence Day celebrations in Chennai: photo by Arun Sankar / AFP, 15 August 2016
SYRIA - Bodies are laid out in front of makeshift hospital in Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood of Aleppo. By @THAER_MOHAMMED: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 August 2016
WEST BANK - Palestinian children look through a window in the Palestiniani al-Fawwar refugee camp. By @hazemjbader: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 August 2016
WEST BANK - A Palestinian is wounded during clashes with Israeli soldiers in al-Fawwar refugee camp. By @hazemjbader: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 August 2016
ISRAEL- Demo against administrative detention and in support of Palestinian prisoner Bilal Kayed. By @gharabli_ahmed: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 August 2016
ISRAEL- Demo against administrative detention and in support of Palestinian prisoner Bilal Kayed. By @gharabli_ahmed: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 August 2016
WEST BANK - Palestinian stone throwers run during clashes as the Israeli army in Bani Naim. By @hazemjbader #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 August 2016
GAZA CITY - A Palestinian farmer harvests grapes from his family field. By @mohmdabed #AFP: image via Frédérique
Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 August 2016
INDIA - A motorist drives past an installation displaying a map of India ahead IDay in Chennai. By @ArunsankarKrish: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 14 August 2016
INDIA - A security force personnel stands guard in front of the Red Fort in New Delhi ahead of IDay. By @sajjadkmr: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 14 August 2016
Marcel Khalife: They stopped me at the border
They stopped me at the border, asking for my I.D.
I told them, "It's in Jaffa, my grandmother's hiding it"
And with these words, the group split in two
One half carried whips, the other asked, “Where is it?”
"In Palestine," I cried, and they split me in two
One half at the border, one half in my grandmother’s breast
They stopped me at the border, asking for my I.D.
I told them, "It's in Jaffa, my grandmother's hiding it"
Oh grandmother, hiding who knows where,
Hide my ID, hide it in some wall
They want to burn it, wipe it from the world
Oh clouds of my country, don’t rain on them
They stopped me at the border, asking for my I.D.
I told them, "It's in Jaffa, my grandmother is hiding it"
Marcel Khalife (b. 1950, Lebanon), They stopped me at the border, 1980,
translated by Dunya and Boudi at Arabic Poetry, 15 April 2016
WEST BANK - Palestinian stone throwers run during clashes as the Israeli army in Bani Naim. By @hazemjbader #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 August 2016
GAZA CITY - A Palestinian farmer harvests grapes from his family field. By @mohmdabed #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 August 2016
INDIA - A motorist drives past an installation displaying a map of India ahead IDay in Chennai. By @ArunsankarKrish: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 14 August 2016
INDIA - A security force personnel stands guard in front of the Red Fort in New Delhi ahead of IDay. By @sajjadkmr: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 14 August 2016
Marcel Khalife: They stopped me at the border
They stopped me at the border, asking for my I.D.
I told them, "It's in Jaffa, my grandmother's hiding it"
And with these words, the group split in two
One half carried whips, the other asked, “Where is it?”
"In Palestine," I cried, and they split me in two
One half at the border, one half in my grandmother’s breast
They stopped me at the border, asking for my I.D.
I told them, "It's in Jaffa, my grandmother's hiding it"
Oh grandmother, hiding who knows where,
Hide my ID, hide it in some wall
They want to burn it, wipe it from the world
Oh clouds of my country, don’t rain on them
They stopped me at the border, asking for my I.D.
I told them, "It's in Jaffa, my grandmother is hiding it"
They want to burn it, wipe it from the world
Oh clouds of my country, don’t rain on them
They stopped me at the border, asking for my I.D.
I told them, "It's in Jaffa, my grandmother is hiding it"
Marcel Khalife (b. 1950, Lebanon), They stopped me at the border, 1980,
translated by Dunya and Boudi at Arabic Poetry, 15 April 2016
وقفوني ع الحدود
وقفوني ع الحدود... قال بدن هويتي
قلتلن إنَّ بيافا... مخبايتها ستي
يا كلمة القلتها... تقسموا صفين صف بكرابيج... وصف يسأل وين صرخت بفلسطين... فسخوني نصين نصي على الحدود... ونص بحضن ستي
وقفوني ع الحدود... قال بدن هويتي قلتلن إنِّ بيافا... مخبايتها ستي
يا كلمة القلتها... تقسموا صفين صف بكرابيج... وصف يسأل وين صرخت بفلسطين... فسخوني نصين نصي على الحدود... ونص بحضن ستي
وقفوني ع الحدود... قال بدن هويتي قلتلن إنِّ بيافا... مخبايتها ستي
ستي يامخبايّ... مدري بأي بيت هويتي ضبيها...خبيها بشي حيط بدّهن يحرقوها... من الدني يمحوها ويا غيمات بلادي... عليهم ما تشتي
وقفوني ع الحدود... قال بدهن هويتي قلتلن إنَّ بيافا... مخبايتها ستي
Mahmoud Darwish: On Wishes
Would I were a seller of bread in Algiers
That I might sing with a rebel.
Don’t say to me:
Would I were a herdsman in the Yemen
That I might sing to the shudderings of time.
Don’t say to me:
Would I were a cafe waiter in Havana
That I might sing the victories of sorrowing women.
Don’t say to me:
Would I worked as a young laborer in Aswan
That I might sing to the rocks.
My friend,
The Nile will not flow into the Volga,
Nor the Congo or the Jordan into the Euphrates.
Each river has its source, its course, its life.
My friend, our land is not barren.
Each land has its time for being born,
Each dawn a date with a rebel.
عن الأمنيات
لا تقل لي:
ليتني بائع خبر في الجزائر
لأغني مع ثائر!
لا تقل لي:
ليتني راعي مواشٍ في اليمن
لأغني لانتفاضات الزمن
لا تقل لي:
ليتني عامل مقهى في هافانا
لأغني لانتصارات الحزانى!
لا تقل لي:
ليتني أعمل في أسوان حمّالاً صغير
لأغني للصخور
يا صديقي! لن يصب النيل في الفولغا
ولا الكونغو، ولا الأردن، في نهر الفرات!
كل نهر، وله نبع... ومجرى... وحياة!
يا صديقي!... أرضنا ليست بعاقر
كل أرض، ولها ميلادها
كل فجر، وله موعد ثائر!
لا تقل لي:
ليتني بائع خبر في الجزائر
لأغني مع ثائر!
لا تقل لي:
ليتني راعي مواشٍ في اليمن
لأغني لانتفاضات الزمن
لا تقل لي:
ليتني عامل مقهى في هافانا
لأغني لانتصارات الحزانى!
لا تقل لي:
ليتني أعمل في أسوان حمّالاً صغير
لأغني للصخور
يا صديقي! لن يصب النيل في الفولغا
ولا الكونغو، ولا الأردن، في نهر الفرات!
كل نهر، وله نبع... ومجرى... وحياة!
يا صديقي!... أرضنا ليست بعاقر
كل أرض، ولها ميلادها
كل فجر، وله موعد ثائر!
Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008): On Wishes, translated by Denys Johnson-Davies (text via Arabic Poetry, 10 June 2011)
NYPD question man over killing of Muslim cleric as he left prayers: image via Reuters U.S. News @ReutersUS, 16 August 2016
NYPD question man over killing of Muslim cleric as he left prayers: image via Reuters U.S. News @ReutersUS, 16 August 2016
Hundreds gather to mourn Muslim cleric and his associate killed in New York: image via Reuters U.S. News @ReutersUS, 16 August 2016
Hundreds gather to mourn Muslim cleric and his associate killed in New York: image via Reuters U.S. News @ReutersUS, 16 August 2016
Hundreds gather to mourn Muslim cleric and his associate killed in New York: image via Reuters U.S. News @ReutersUS, 16 August 2016
Hundreds gather to mourn Muslim cleric and his associate killed in New York: image via Reuters U.S. News @ReutersUS, 16 August 2016
After decades of segregation, anger boils over in Milwaukee: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 16 August 2016
Milwaukee burned for a second night as protests erupted late Sunday: image via Reuters TV @ReutersTV, 15 August 2016
One person shot, officer injured in second night of Milwaukee protests: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 15 August 2016
Suspect questioned in New York slaying of Muslim imam: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 15 August 2016
New York man charged with murder in deaths of imam, assistant: image via Reuters Top News @Reuters, 15 August 2016
US - Floods ravaged the US state of Louisiana leaving 6 dead and thousands more forced to flee. By @b_smialowski: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 August 2016
US - Floods ravaged the US state of Louisiana leaving 6 dead and thousands more forced to flee. By @b_smialowski: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 August 2016
US - Floods ravaged the US state of Louisiana leaving 6 dead and thousands more forced to flee. By @b_smialowski: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 August 2016
US - A man stands on the stairs of a home surrounded by flood waters in Gonzales, Louisiana.By @b_smialowski #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 August 2016
A truck is seen in a flooded parking lot in Denham Springs, Louisiana: photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP, 16 August 2016
US - Floods ravaged the US state of Louisiana leaving 6 dead and thousands more forced to flee. By @b_smialowski: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 16 August 2016
A truck is seen in a flooded parking lot in Denham Springs, Louisiana: photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP, 16 August 2016
Prefabricated homes are seen in flood waters at Southern Heritage Homes in Denham Springs, Louisiana: photo by. Brendan Smialowski / AFP, 16 August 2016
Muslims hold pigeons, dyed in the colours of the Indian flag, during a march to celebrate India’s Independence Day in Ahmedabad, India: photo by Amit Dave/Reuters, 15 August 2016
Muslims hold pigeons, dyed in the colours of the Indian flag, during a march to celebrate India’s Independence Day in Ahmedabad, India: photo by Amit Dave/Reuters, 15 August 2016
Free Syrian army fighters stand atop of a hill as the moon is seen in the background in the south of Nawa city, in Deraa Governorate, Syria: photo by Alaa Al-Faqir /Reuters, 17 August 2016
Marcel Khalife: They stopped me at the border, performed in Kuwait, 1988
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Marcel Khalife: At the border (album version, 1980)