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Insh’allah: god willing Habibi: my love It is not really the ‘horror of the shade,’ as said by William Ernest Henley, that I have come to terms with, but the light. We need not fear what is deemed as darkness, because it swallows and engulfs just as radiance does. It caresses our deepest fears and cradles our innermost joys, just like an illumination of our souls would. I have decided that I will no longer call it the ‘shade,’ because it gives the impression of being a stark opposite of light. What is the difference if they have stolen my br...
SENSITIVE CONTENT: PROFANITY, POLITICAL REFERENCES, AND VIOLENT DEPICTIONSGod, sometimes I wonder about saneness of people. Are they really alright? After what they ask or do or say to each other and to me?Just a few months ago, right before the Kamala – Trump election, I was sitting on a park bench in the good ol’ nation’s capital, Washington DC, when this MAGA and liberal really start going at each others’ throats. I’m just watching ‘cause I’m amused, when the MAGA throws her hat at the liberal’s head, and he screams “I hate this country! ...
“Ibrahim! Habibi, just walk back to me. This way, towards the edge of the field. See? I’m pointing to it. Where the mud meats the dirt, right here. Come back, please . . .” I say, my voice breaking and arms outstretched. “Ibrahim, I’ll buy you some barazek, or some basbousa. Just walk back - I’m right here. Just move away from the field. You will be okay, insh’allah.”Ibrahim doesn’t understand and blinks as he takes a step in the wrong direction.“No, don’t!” I yell, but I act too late and must watch as my world is destroyed.After the revolt,...
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