"farah" poems
Teen model Shonali Khatun strutted the catwalk as the audience cheered at a fashion show in Bangladesh's capital.
But Shonali is no ordinary model, and this was no ordinary show.
She and the 14 other models are survivors of acid attacks, common in this south Asian country, where spurned lovers or disgruntled family members sometimes resort to hurling skin-burning acid at their victims.
The fashion show, held Tuesday night in Dhaka and attended by fashion lovers, rights activists and diplomats including the US ambassador to Bangladesh, aimed to redefine the notion of beauty while calling attention to the menace of such attacks.
For 14-year-old Shonali, the event was nothing short of empowering. She was attacked just days after she was born amid a property dispute involving her parents, and was left with burn scars on her face and arms. She spent nearly three years in a hospital and underwent eight operations. Her attacker has never been caught.
"I am so happy to be here," she said. "One day I want to be a physician."
The models, including three men, walked the catwalk, dancing and singing and showcasing woven handloom Bangladeshi designs. The show was choreographed by local designer Bibi Russel.
Organisers said they hoped to highlight the fact that acid victims, too often overlooked, are a vital part of society. They deliberately chose to hold the event on the eve of International Women's Day.
"We are here today to show their inner strength, as they have come a long way," said Farah Kabir, country director of ActionAid Bangladesh, which organised the show. "I often take inspiration from them. Their courage is huge."
Bangladesh has struggled to deal with acid attacks in recent decades, and has instituted harsh punishments for the perpetrators, including the death penalty. The country has also trained doctors to treat such sensitive cases and attempted to control the sale of acid, but has failed to eliminate the scourge entirely.
In 2016, some 44 people were attacked with acid in Bangladesh - an annual number that has remained relatively stable.
"I am ashamed of having such things in the country," Kabir said. "Unfortunately, in Bangladesh we do have acid victims because of either gender discrimination or violence, or because of greed. And we want to remind everyone the kind of injustice that has been meted out to them."Read more at:http://www.marieaustralia.com/bridesmaid-dresses | www.marieaustralia.com/red-carpet-celebrity-dresses
Mar 8, 2017
Mar 8, 2017 at 8:57 PM UTC
Imagine
You're an adorable dolphin
Your cute fin!
You're ecstatic about watery
Corals
And
Aquamarine
You sport and swiftly swim
And swim
You dance with the white horses
You sing in the tempest
Imagine
You're the lovely hyacinth
You enhance
The elegance
Of a gorgeous
Garden
Your evocative
Perfume
Is mind-blowing!
Imagine
You're a sweet skylark
Your pleasant tone is
Magically melodious
Imagine
You're the silvery rain
You remove the pain
Of the heat of the sun
Imagine
You're the splendid
Rainbow
You feel a glow
Of colour
You've the VIBGYOR
You are
Never
Evanescent
Imagine
You're the
Breeze
You blow nicely
You're more
Than invisibility
Imagine
You're the lamplight
The djinn
And obscurity
Fear you
You're luminously bright!
Imagine
You are
FARAH TASKIN!!!;)
You own
The evergreen
Realm of fancy!:)
Jun 11, 2021
Jun 11, 2021 at 7:21 AM UTC
Am I the girl with treasures in her head yet can't unlock the chest?
Am I the girl who is made up of a compilation of ****** scrap papers that outline every **** scar?
Am I the girl locked up in her room trying to figure out why the world is so cold, why she's all alone and nobody seems to care?
Am I the misfit girl, the one that doesn't stand out, the imperfect one, the one who has to try extra hard?
Am I the girl who is scared to delve into her sub conscious cause she might actually like what she finds?
The girl who enjoys the simple things in life, or the narcissistic ***** that woman assumes I am?
The girl who is a loosely placed coma in somebody's syntax, or the girl with a drunk mind yet sober?
Am I the girl who has the brush on her hand looking at an empty canvas, or the girl who embraces the shadows on the surface?
Am I the girl whose arms and legs are under, but still manages to keep her head above the waves?
Am I the bass guitar in somebody's symphony of life?
Am I somebody's ray of sun?
Am I somebody's trusted friend?
Am I who somebody's looking for?
Am I stoic?
Am I a wilting flower?
Am I a blooming purple orchid?
Am I even the star of my own life?
I am a pending train wreck
I am a beautiful girl
I have a good-crazed out head above my shoulders
I am completely illogical at times
I am a walking bundle of emotions
I am a heart full of games nobody wants to play
I am not perfect
I am me,
Farah.
May 4, 2014
May 4, 2014 at 5:14 PM UTC
You're like ripples of heat cutting through the atmosphere
My desperate depression inducing guilty pleasure
The words make it sound so heavy but it really is as effortless as breath
In and out
You're the feeling of bad tires on a slippery road
The exhalation of a close encounter
A statuesque vision of false hope and love and a queasy stomach
I want to devour your mouth with my mouth
You make my eyes hazy with lustful thoughts
It's an addiction to temptation
You're perfection at 4AM forever on my mind
We are just two beautiful terrible creatures
Aching for freedom and each other and that's all that will ever matter
May 28, 2014
May 28, 2014 at 6:55 AM UTC
Everyone in Australia and Canada,
among men and women, girls and
Asia Southern grass, drought, Russia,
Europe, and let Googie in. Let us
all be sure of Kristin, energy and
lifestyle Imamondo singing whales,
Spanish & Italian magazines, 500
artificial memories, German Memory,
Memory in HD, a fortress, a kiss, a
Memory
Memory of Cicero's lifestyle,
English,
French,
and the Kingdom of Health still
Describes cutting travel to the victory
of the English, to the very Kakajinawa
Saka Farah Alaruk, Mary. Cicero's
brother lies Brown (Mario Cicero),
you cannot do with the fact
that the United States, John
Christian religion to you. a district
on the regions of Asia and Arabia,
and of, 'who sues for unto you the
King of Asia who in Igun is a
gunmaker of witchcraft and the
death of his brother's house: and
he is the one, who has died,
and they can be positioned to cut,
than the fact is that in exchange;
But the most Elijah to use PS.
"The communication wire on
Monique, seven ***** men
& an Ireland Race Track; Kalk
best in bed, bed, Orlando
Gibbons; Jenks Onki; Wanchai,
birds, Amarescava Navar 'Yukuchu"
** Chi Minh Hijira in town,
Canada, Russia, the ring, Canada,
Google that attempts golf stars -
Zymy hostility, China - High School
Drogda Poetariacia new man, salad ...
Thomas Polovie Malani Jagari
Zahulputia soft Mohi Khushi Khost
Patnaia want Color red, bitter 1000 2:
1 McLean's tour of Asia marine baking
car the shopping center Shopping Asia
city Asia Jogieglian Maisel Canada,
Mexico, Yolb mid-June Prize Geo kind
of Helleborus Hannkius with rice,
Chase engagement, "1 am an Hakon
vernulam chili, rice carrier locking -
Innovation - - Carl Jung believed
to be on board, Sangong Gijingu
playlist to check with the robot.
The colors pray for Cheetah
Chrome, sugar and a music player,
a singer and the kids in his memory
and for kids and money and kids:
Yuku and the kid with the kids
from the kids and the kids in other
law 2,500 children, young girls,
children, young people and young
people and those young players
varsity in July diameter of the well.
Then Judas, who has heard from
the Father, and He is not a it is designed
for Puliolio 1000 Young J Steelji
John would seem to be unknown
to the FA, Jududu Maad, other than
A, which is the 8 of FD Nangal,
Ojajo, Siddhi, Vinayak, Janmuna!
Dec 3, 2018
Dec 3, 2018 at 4:18 PM UTC
*you know, i sometimes wish i didn’t learn this language with as much liberty as primary school might allows... given the ageing tend to censor words for the definition of boxed ******** of the turtle; honest it was pointless... in parliament the debate started off with: let’s mime! cube... six handshake proof... boney m... clap clap clap... love... mo farah... panda enclosure of m... only drunk priests attire the power of furthered expression otherwise powerless in status quo for the tsar, the tsarine and familial pyramid extension into the serf of non vox.*
i have to be the rasputin of my day,
the non-plural zeitgeist
that defines a generation...
even if my generation is keen
to hunt nazis that don’t exist
in order to feel morally superior;
as a neo-con said;
it’s pathetic it really is,
they have a life that’s not really lived,
they enter the realm of dialectics without
strong opinions to defend...
so their placebo dialectics is residual of just talk:
talk that might just as well be about politics
as it might just be about weather.
Nov 28, 2015
Nov 28, 2015 at 11:17 PM UTC
The cops, they couldn't see it
but she did, right away
the perp had a small problem
a virtual **** toupee
Overflowing tress', *****
like a Farah Fawcett wig
poking out his zipper
hiding all, that wasn't big
So ware the sexts you send
and don't mistype receiver
sending hairy **** pics
making the ladies gasp
and a hirsute ***** believer
Nov 10, 2017
Nov 10, 2017 at 11:39 AM UTC
"The View, Shame On You,"
for the lies about IRAN you, Alyssa Farah Griffin spew
"The View, Shame On You,"
for on 11/12/24 indicting a country known for making its welcomed guests its most popular stew
"The View, Shame On You,"
for your crime "...and will be more direct about calling Iran accountable for how it's just sown discord across the world," the one sowing discord is you
"The View, Shame On You,"
for possibly having something personal against THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC that would tell you it's GOD's rule so our country's rule that a lady must cover in public her breast, hair, and legs, too (*You really are someone without showing them)
"The View, Shame On You,"
for grossly offending many, many, many American citizens' birth country, Iranian residents' homeland, martyrs' (from Saddam Hussein's barbarianism) beloved nation, the motherland and fatherland of Persian rug makers and chefs of scrumptious Persian cuisine, a beautiful GOD-made landscape in the Middle East, and me, an American born to American parents, a grateful tourist and short-term resident of THE place called IRAN, The Islamic Republic of Iran, at the very least Alyssa, an apology from you is due
By: Najwa Kareem
Nov 20, 2024
Nov 20, 2024 at 5:22 PM UTC
Sad feet carrying the weight of my misery on the back of their ankles
Overgrown nails and worn out nail varnish
Take care of yourself Farah they say.
Take care.
Do they really mean it?
Can they not see the weight I carry around?
Eyes close one more night
It’ll be better by tomorrow
I promise
They don’t know
I fall asleep every eve with the same god **** thought
May 30, 2018
May 30, 2018 at 5:13 PM UTC