Thanksgiving, the Palestinian Way
On this Earth …On this earthThere’s what’s worth living forApril’s hesitationThe smell of bread at dawnA woman’s magic words for menThe writings of AeschylusThe beginnings of loveGrass on a stoneMothers standing on a string of a fluteAnd the invaders’ fear of memoriesOn this earthThere’s what’s worth living forThe end of SeptemberA woman leaving her forties with all her beautySun hour in prisonClouds imitating a flock of

Masar: Trio Joubran

Just Because

About Zeina
A bio- article in Al Akhbar newspaper (in Arabic) about a dear friend and one of my favorite people in the world: Zeina Za'tari. It's rare that you get up in the morning and read something good.

Freedom
Some people might choose to think of this Mohammad Mounir's song as a song about Egypt. Certainly whoever put the video together (and the people who commented on it) think so. I can see why: it's called "Freedom" and has words like "martyr" and "refugee." Serious business. Grab a flag!I prefer to see it as a love song that borrows the language of nationalism to express love for a woman--to legitimize a forbidden love, to be exact. I think this makes it more interesting and a bit subversive.To say to one's country, as the song does, "Your love is freedom; in love, nothing is forbidden" should not raise any eyebrows. But to say it t