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Sunday 25 September 2016

6 heroes fallen one of them in bad situation / Nizar Qabbani: Still

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Regime, Russian warplanes strike Aleppo, killing 56 #MassacreinAleppo: image via R4BIA Platform @r4biaplatform, 24 September 2016
 
 
more than 50 injuries arrived to AlQuds hospital from Bustan alqaser neighborhood. #HolocaustAleppo: image via PrimoAhmad Verified account @PrimoAhmad, 24 September 2016


For those who ask about the current state of things in Aleppo... #HolocaustAleppo: image via Hozaifa Dahmaan @hozaifadahmaan, 24 September 2016

 
#HolocaustAleppo: image via Coordinators of the Syrian Revolution @thuwwar, 24 September 2016


6 heroes from @SyriaCivilDef have been injured during response to Airstrike in Aleppo city one of them in bad situation #HolocaustAleppo: image via KhaledKhatib 995@Khaled, 24 September 2016



50 civilians killed and more than 200 injured since this morning, and the aircrafts still on the city. there R catastrophes #HolocaustAleppo: image via KhaledKhatib 995@Khaled, 24 September 2016
 

50 civilians killed and more than 200 injured since this morning, and the aircrafts still on the city. there R catastrophes #HolocaustAleppo: image via KhaledKhatib 995@Khaled, 24 September 2016
 


50 civilians killed and more than 200 injured since this morning, and the aircrafts still on the city. there R catastrophes #HolocaustAleppo: image via KhaledKhatib 995@Khaled, 24 September 2016


[Aleppo graffiti, 2016]: image via Hozaifa Dahmaan @hozaifadahmaan, 24 September 2016


Nizar Qabbani: Still

Santa Rosa, NM | by moominsean

Santa Rosa, NM: photo by moominsean, 4 July 2016
 
Santa Rosa, NM | by moominsean

Santa Rosa, NM: photo by moominsean, 4 July 2016

Santa Rosa, NM | by moominsean

Santa Rosa, NM: photo by moominsean, 4 July 2016

Tucumcari, NM | by moominsean

Tucumcari, NM: photo by moominsean, 4 July 2016

Tucumcari, NM | by moominsean

Tucumcari, NM: photo by moominsean, 4 July 2016

Tucumcari, NM | by moominsean

Tucumcari, NM: photo by moominsean, 4 July 2016

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Southern_California_Coastal_Range_in_Mist.jpg/1024px-Southern_California_Coastal_Range_in_Mist.jpg

Southern California coastal range in fog
: photo by Wing-Chi Poon, 7 November 2007


still traveling further

still, after the tenth year, a spear
planted within

ما زلت

ما زلت يا مسافرة
ما زلت بعد السنة العاشرة
مزروعة...كالرمح في الخاصرة
 
Nizar Qabbani (1923-1998): Still (English: TC)
 
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Mist_Covering_a_Meadow_under_Forest_Encroachment.jpg/1024px-Mist_Covering_a_Meadow_under_Forest_Encroachment.jpg

Abies lasiocarpa forest encroaching upon a meadow, Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington: photo by Wing-Chi Poon, 12 July 2005

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Base_of_Gorman_Fall_like_Raining.jpg/1024px-Base_of_Gorman_Fall_like_Raining.jpg

Base of Gorman Falls, Colorado Bend State Park, Bend, Texas
: photo by Wing-Chi Poon, 23 April 2005

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Tule_Elks_in_Fog.jpg/1024px-Tule_Elks_in_Fog.jpg

Three male Tule Elk (
Cervus canadensis subsp. nannodes) standing in heavy fog, along Tomales Point Trail, Point Reyes National Seashore, California
: photo by Wing-Chi Poon, 22 November 2008

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Bighorn_Sheep_over_Patches_of_Snow.jpg/1024px-Bighorn_Sheep_over_Patches_of_Snow.jpg


Bighorn sheep
(Ovis canadensis), slightly west of Logan Pass along Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park
, Montana: photo by Wing-Chi Poon, 16 June 2004

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Bighorn_Sheep_Resting_on_Forest_Floor.jpg/1024px-Bighorn_Sheep_Resting_on_Forest_Floor.jpg

Bighorn sheep, possibly female, resting on forest floor, Kootenay National Park, British Columbia
: photo by Wing-Chi Poon, 6 July 2005

Gallup, NM | by moominsean

Gallup, NM: photo by moominsean, 4 July 2016
 
Gallup, NM | by moominsean

Gallup, NM: photo by moominsean, 4 July 2016
 
Gallup, NM | by moominsean

Gallup, NM: photo by moominsean, 4 July 2016
 
Bluff, UT | by moominsean

Bluff, UT: photo by moominsean, 13 July 2016
 
Shamrock, TX | by moominsean

Shamrock, TX: photo by moominsean, 3 July 2016

Palm Springs, CA | by moominsean

Palm Springs, CA
: photo by moominsean, 8 July 2016
 
Rolla, MO | by moominsean

Rolla, MO: photo by moominsean, 2 July 2016
 
Grants, NM | by moominsean

Grants, NM: photo by moominsean, 15 July 2016

Grants, NM | by moominsean

Grants, NM: photo by moominsean, 15 July 2016
 
Grants, NM | by moominsean

Grants, NM: photo by moominsean, 15 July 2016