I want to tell the world

[nahida]

I want to tell the world

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I want to tell the world
A story

About a home With a broken lantern

And a burnt doll

About a picnic That wasn’t enjoyed

About an axe That killed a tulip

A story about a fire That consumed a plait

a story about a tear that couldn't run down

I want to tell a story About a goat That wasn’t milked

About a mother’s dough That wasn’t baked

About a wedding That wasn’t celebrated

And a baby girl that didn’t grow up

About a football That wasn’t kicked

About a dove That didn’t fly

I want to tell a story About a key That wasn’t used

About a classroom That wasn’t attended

About a playground That was silenced

About a book That wasn’t read

About a besieged lonely farm
And about its fruits That weren’t picked

About a lie that wasn't discovered

A story about a church That’s no longer prayed in

And a mosque That no longer stands

And a culture No longer rejoiced

I want to tell a story About a muddy grassy roof

About a stone That faced a tank

And about a stubborn flag That refuses to lie down

About a spirit that cannot be defeated

I want to tell the world A story

Now Light a little candle for Palestine

You can do it

Light a candle One little candle
Watch the darkness fade away

Just try it out

One ray of light
Wipes away the gloomiest
Jet-black nights
As the dawn breaks

Just observe

Can you see that
All the might of darkness
In the world
Cannot extinguish
The faintest flicker
Of a beam of light

Light a candle
One little candle
Watch the darkness fade away

You can do it

Hey.. WORLD

Did you hear me?

[Fawdawi]

Dear Nahida, may I translate your entry into Spanish and use the same pics?
Thank you in advance!

[Fakhri Dweik]

Thanks Nahida

This great job, very well done.

God bless you

[wafa]

this is heartbreaking and sad but its the truth....... thank u nahida

[limited edition]

السلام عليكم
miss nahida
i appreciate the high standard style and thinking, and the advance method u choosed to display palestinians suffer and israelian crimes
i just wish to put latest pictures for Gaza war
i also received this video , wish if u can add it there and here is the link

http://www.alwantv.com/play.php?vid=1086

thanks again and keep it up

[Aqua]

Salam Nahida,

I posted your moving and sad essay on myspace for all to see and left everyone the link to this site..

Peace and Blessings
Aqua

[nahida]

Dear by Al-Khansa , thank you for your comment, and please do help in spreading the word, we need to show the truth so people can make informed decisions

[nahida]

Dear Mary, have a nice and safe holiday, wishing you the best ... always

lots of love

[Al-Khansa]

Nahida..... what can I say...amongst such tragedy your words speak with such a beauty ..
so much love.Your photo essay has left me in tears.And I hope you dont mind if I use it as well....to spread the word...

[nahida]

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This is a coded version of the post:

I want to tell the worl pm.doc

[mary rizzo]

This is great. When I get back, I will do my best to set this up quickly and this helps a great deal. I can't tell you enough how I admire this great effort you made. I look at it every time I come to the site and it always shakes me.

By the way, I met Salam Daher, the man wearing black and eyeglasses holding the dead infant in the photo. He was a rescue worker for 20 years in S. Lebanon, and he has seen lots of horrible things, but he said that there was nothing that had prepared rescue workers for this kind of atrocity. He didn't say "emergency", but atrocity. How can it be anything else when infants are killed? Worse than that, Israel never admits that it has scraped the bottom of the barrel this low, will not be accountable for what they have done.

I hope your efforts wake up some sleeping consciences. It is not "sensationalism", or vendetta, but righteous indignation. How can anyone but feel that this anything but a manifestation of evildoing and a lack of humanity?

I don't accept wars between soldiers, but when they touch civilians, it is a world turned on its head. We have to wake up and see that it is unacceptable. WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE SACRED! NO ONE TOUCH THEM!