Did I see you wearing a Prada outfit while your boyfriend held his phone snapping away playing photographer?
Didn't we watch you on your Instagram post waving in front of Taj Mahal?
Don't you often drive slow in your Porsche as you enter the parking lot of car shows?
Is it not so that you often wear sweatshirts with your alma mater's name on the front and on the back read, Graduated in 2021 with an M.D.?
Why haven't I seen you, you who broadcast most things, in a pic making Yemeni desserts and then offering them to children in the community who are hungry reminding them that their family in Yemen are hungry too and are beyond desperately in need of food?
What's the reason you haven't taken purchased copies of THE ASCENDANT QURAN authored by Muhammad al-Asi to a few local communities in America to pass out as gifts to single mothers colored black who know that they are oppressed or are interested in learning that they are, desire help, and are appreciative of it (the most oppressed person in the USA is the Black woman though the corrupt ones in power and many Black men don't want you and I to know this very fact; they don't want it to be disseminated, don't want it to be common knowledge in societies and in the world for some very specific reasons; they keep it under the rug and make you and I believe via a number of ways that it is the Black man) who could certainly benefit from reading it and learning from her GOD to help her better cope with and navigate the harsh reality of and daily sufferings in her life?
How come you music artists and performers who write lyrics and sing or rap for audiences publicly have not released a song about Palestine or Lebanon?
Where's your YouTube on your YouTube channel that regularly showcases many of your personal happenings, personal outings, personal likes with a talk about the persecution of the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and what chief contributions we can make to end it?
If you show off for your friends, why aren't you showing off for the oppressed?
If you show off for strangers, why aren't you showing off for the oppressed?
If you show off for your colleagues, why aren't you showing off for the oppressed?
Show off for the oppressed so that the oppressed know and their oppressors know that the oppressed must be freed immediately, before I can say again,
"Show off for the oppressed."
By: Najwa Kareem
12/10/24
This poem was written early this morning after reciting BISMILLAH HIR RAHMAN NIR RAHEEM before starting. My desire and eagerness to begin writing combined with my desire not to do anything requiring rigorous output as I was fatigued from the day prior, combined with not wanting to put forth the effort to communicate from the heart or sincerely (because this is the only way I want to do it) with ALLAH was intercepted by my remembrance of the reminder to his audience from Imam Muhammad al-Asi during one of his brilliant presentations that we are to begin everything by saying BISMILLAH HIR RAHMAN NIR RAHEEM because we want ALLAH to be present, to be there to assist us. I immediately did or with no further delay, I did what I was supposed to do; a concrete example of the power of having accurate information to use or to apply to everyday, real-life situations.
12/11/24
International Human Rights Day was yesterday, December 10th!! A special shout out to Chris! Unlike many, he has/you've shown me and the oppressed he cares/you care about and are fighting for, are a consistent, dedicated advocate for, are praying for as he/you did yesterday evening with others what humanity is and he has/you've shown me and the oppressed what wanting to honor the human rights of others looks like. "We do what we can in different ways," he/you said to me yesterday. Thanks very much to him/Thanks very much Chris for showing off [and showing up ;)] for the oppressed!!
When writing this poem yesterday, I did not know that it was International Human Rights Day. It's interesting that ALLAH helped me to desire writing a poem about something significant yesterday, helped me generate thoughts, and would guide my mind and my hand to write such a fitting for the day poem. ALLAH works with us and through us in amazing ways.