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If there is one word that most alienates English-language readers of Arabic literature it’s neither masha’allah nor insha’allah — which are perhaps mostly objects of curiosity — nor jihad nor madrassa (except for specialist Islamophobes) but شهيد, commonly translated as martyr.

This is not because we Anglos lack the idea of dying as witnesses and would only die for our Big Macs or laptops or Prada whatchamacallits. Americans have a great reverence for fallen soldiers, for instance, even such soldiers as were fighting in unjust, corrupt wars. But there isn’t really a word that coalesces around this respectful reverence. It could be felt for any of those who witnessed and died at the World Trade Center in 2001. But an English-language speaker would not call these men and women “martyrs.”

Originally, the words شهيد and martyr (from the Greek) had much in common: The word martyr originally meant a witness…

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Enjoying each time when I come here..resting my soul with amazing poems

Poems That Dance

Rain arrived one night
Like plentiful ripples of rivers
Blessed with watered light
Of a trillion subtle droplets of mirrors
That marked the moon on the earth
And colors of sun gave immaculate  birth
To a dotted rainbow that filled the skies
Brought fire to water,
Turned darkness to day
As I watched the elements together at play
A cause to further explore
A question that calls for more
Is there water in the universe?
And is there a place for my tentative birth?

By Maria Grujicic (Malena)

I loved words. I love to sing them and speak them and even now, I must admit, I have fallen into the joy of writing them.
— Anne Rice

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We have one beautiful soul across the ocean.She write,dance..and much more.Go and check Her amazing poems.

Poems That Dance

Color my eye
of what I see
Make up, A woman
A power to see
To be

Existence and simplicity
Enhanced
To enable me to see
Details
The intricate make up
of life
of love
I unconditionally see
Enables me
To simply be
Because, just because
On one fine day
I sprouted up high
Like a winter butterfly!

By Maria Grujicic (Malena)

A poem dedicated to my friends in Europe who are coping with minus zero degrees and the deepest snow.  A poem about womanhood and how the power of being is made more so with the essence of style and grace.

Read my poem in German. Click here.

Be obscure clearly.— E.B. White

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One beautiful poem dedicated to family,to love,to honor..

Thoughts Of Life Experience

I love my family;they are my inspiration

They are always there to back me up;for better or for worse

I love my family;they give me my my identity

They are the key to my dreams and success in future

I love my family;I don’t take them for Granted

My family and I have a special bond which cannot be broken

I love my family;my family is fun

For without my family I would be nothing

Special Thanks to my Dad and little brother.

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Send me daisies & fireflies,
Tell me exactly what you see,
through your blue eyes…
when you keep staring at me…

Send me a blank book,
that has yet to be filled with ink,
of a story we shall write,
in how our love shall flourish or sink…

send me an empty box you built
with shiny metal hinges of gold…
for us to save little keepsakes
of all the memories yet to unfold…

Or you could just send me your heart,
dipped in an eternal sealing glaze,
then we can draw our own treasure map,
& hide our souls forever, in love’s maze…

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I Sing, I Dream And I ♡ Anyway « ♡ The Tale Of My Heart ♡

I Sing, I Dream And I ♡ Anyway « ♡ The Tale Of My Heart ♡

You can spend your whole life building
Something from nothin’
One storm can come and blow it all away
Build it anyway…

written by my unknown friend Zahir..

One touchy,amazing and very emotional poem.Full with grace of God.Be blessed all who read it.

♥ The Tale Of My Heart ♥

I Sing, I Dream And I ♡  Anyway

People are often unreasonable and self-centered.

 

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Forgive them anyway.

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If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives.

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Be kind anyway.

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If you are honest, people may cheat you.

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Be honest anyway.

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If you find happiness, people may be jealous.

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Be happy anyway.

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The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow.

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Do good anyway.

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Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough.

 

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Give your best anyway.

 

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For you see, in the end, it is between you and God.

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It was never between you and them anyway.

 

 

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You can spend your whole life building
Something from nothin’
One storm can come and blow it all away
Build it anyway

You can chase a…

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