What women want ?!
Inspired by: The Death of Feminism
Nahida Izzat Global News Centre
(LONDON) Women want to be women
Confident with her femininity, not a man-like being
Women want to dress like a woman, elegant, modest and serene
without being chastised or feeling devalued
Women want to be loving, caring and compassionate
Men around her are a father, a brother, a son, or a friend
Her companion is her love, not her “enemy”
Women want to complement man, not compete with him
Women want cohesiveness not conflict
Women want to play
Adorn the ambiance with joy and laughter
Twirl, glide, sway and dance
with her son or her daughter
Women want to be soft and tender like a petal of a rose
Ocean breeze on a hot summer day
Women want to feed the poor, offer bread to the hungry
Kiss the eyes, caress the tearful face of a little girl
Women want to invade hearts not countries
Embroider of the sweetness of her soul
Mercy and kindness, a warm shawl
Wrap the weak, lonely, lost and vulnerable
Women want to plant love all around
Meadows of wild flowers, a scent of paradise
Women want to spread her soul wings, fly up to heaven
Sprinkle the steep way up with daisies, lilies, lilac and jasmine
Women want to open her arms wide and embrace the world
Women Want Wonders
Women Work Wonders
If only you could see
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Nahida Izzat is a Jerusalem-born Palestinian refugee who has lived in exile for over forty five years, after being forced to leave her homeland at the tender age of seven in 1967, during the six-day war. She has a degree in mathematics, but art is one of her favorite pastimes. She loves hand-made things and so makes dolls, cards, and most of her own clothes. She also writes poetry, participates in written dialogues and believes in building bridges, not walls.
She started writing when her friends insisted she should write about her memories, experiences and feelings as a Palestinian.When she did it all came out sounding—she was told—like poetry! So she self-published two books: I Believe in Miracles, and Palestine the True Story.
Her dream is to return back home to a free and liberated Palestine.
If you like poetry and are intrigued by the notion of learning more about Palestine, you can visit Nahida’s blog Poetry for Palestine for more of her writings; prose, poems, letters and dialogues.
You can write to Nahida : nahidaexiledpalestinian@gmail.
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“To smile when confronted with the most severe oppression, is an act of Resistance rooted in unparalleled beauty.”
~ Jonathan Azaziah
“And I, a Palestinian from occupied Palestine, refuse to share
my homeland with Zionist colonizers”
~ Reham Alhelsi
“Facts” do NOT need laws to enforce, validate or defend them, what they require is research to examine their narrative and correct it for better accuracy and understanding.
“When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either cease being mistaken, or cease being honest.”
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