#islamophobia
in a land where four languages are official
a church was named only in three; for the fourth
is the language of a weak and fragile faith
whose edicts are above the law of the land,
and whereof knowing a church's name is temptation
and the tempter the sinner and the tempted sinless;
a rock is evil for stumbling the weak,
and if truth offends the truthsayer dies,
and the thief blameless for the rich flaunts his gold;
thus protected by an unsheathed ****** sword
a faith strengthened with every tempter's death
Mar 28, 2022
Mar 28, 2022 at 11:17 PM UTC
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ-
๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ด๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ฌ.
๐ ๐ฆ๐ต, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ด๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐บ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ:
๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ซ๐ถ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ.
๐๐ณ-
๐๐จ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐บ.
๐๐ถ๐ต-
๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ:
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ.
๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ท๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด.
๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐บ ๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต.
๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต.
๐๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐ก ๐๐ก๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ก๐๐ค๐ช๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐.
๐๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ '๐ฅ๐๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ'.
Nov 16, 2021
Nov 16, 2021 at 1:54 PM UTC
My mother tells me,
how she never learned to spell her name as a child.
How education sifted like sandpaper in her throat
because all the teachers were male.
How fear is the coldest thing in Afghanistan,
yet it burns the hearts of mothers
who send their daughters to school.
Knowing girls must sacrifice their body for education.
Knowing if she raises her hand,
she must soon cover her eyes and
fold away an identity to
become nothing but a lifeless corpse for you to feast on.
The red hijab she wraps around her head is not tight enough.
You want it around her mouth.
For her to tie that tongue and
bite the screams as they come.
To wipe her tears before the blood dries.
When you make her bleed, do you fancy yourself chosen?
Tell the Mosque how you split the Red Sea?
If you wear a mask long enough it becomes an extra layer of skin.
Eventually, you cannot pick it away the same way youโve picked at womenโs souls.
By the white beards you call so pure,
where do you find your daughterโs souvenirs?
In the grave you buried her screams in?
Underneath the mosque youโve claimed as your castle?
Do you raise them up when you need proof of prophecy?
When you forget her name
When you forget my mother's name
how do you remember the 99 of God?
May 8, 2019
May 8, 2019 at 11:00 PM UTC
A Liar says this and does that.
Cries, "Insult!" at any hint of Truth.
Uses Violence as proof, for surely
only Truth is worthier than Death.
If what you hear
and what you see
are not the same,
what do you believe?
Your Eyes or your Fears?
Apr 26, 2019
Apr 26, 2019 at 3:41 AM UTC
When I was younger Nanu
Told me bhoot kahanies of
Treacherous masked nishi
That crept on four long legs
Wreaking havoc among
Peaceful village homes
I sleep with lights on always
Lest the silent boba crept in
In 2001, I discovered bhoot
Wear the mask of friends
With benign, serpentine voices
That sat inside mosques to put
Innocent men in prison and tell
Small children to fear the sky
I sleep with the TV on always
Lest the silent boba crept in
Bhooth walk between us
Tell us to fear each other
Until we cast off our names
Convinced that these are
Weapons waiting to be
Utilized against us.
Jul 1, 2017
Jul 1, 2017 at 4:44 AM UTC