Fata Morgana

Salman Masalha ||  Fata Morgana Vanishes into mist Roams like rain that pours He’s holding in his fist A book from years of yore Appears, then is no more Like dew in the day’s first blush In stories shared aloud His soul behind a door Half his heart is melted cloud The other half is crushedOnly vanishing existsO, what kind of news is this!Here...
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Between the devil and Iran

Israel's occupation fills an ancient Mideast need for evil:Among other things, the Arab-Israeli conflict serves as a tool of manipulation for the Iranians in their drive to restore Persian glory. Salman Masalha || Between the devil and Iran First of all, when it comes to...
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The decay in the Arab world

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Assad is a symbol of The decay in the Arab world: With great sadness, it can be said that in the absence of a sane civil alternative, the Arab world will continue along this path. Salman Masalha ||  The decay in the Arab world Bashar Assad, who is continuing...
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MIDDLE EAST

  • War Games

    Israel also needs Iran. Just as Iran calls Israel the Little Satan (compared to the great American one), Israel also portrays Iran as the devil incarnate...
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  • Arab Nationalism?

    The past several years have provided decisive proof that all the pompous Arab slogans from the ideological school of the Syrian and Iraqi Ba’ath parties...
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ISRAEL-PALESTINE

  • For Jews only

    The Jewish messianic understanding of the "Land of Israel" is what dictated the move. Now Netanyahu will surely find a way around the High Court with general Jewish support.

  • Make way for Barghouti

    As long as Abbas bears the title “president of Palestine,” he will keep sitting there praising Palestine. But he will be bearing this name in vain...
  • Balkrishna Sama || Man Is God
    One poem from Nepal Balkrishna Sama ||   Man Is God He who loves flowers, has a tender heart. he who cannot pluck their blooms, has a ...
  • GM Sheikh: "Kahat Kabir"
    "Kahat Kabir" - Says Kabir Visual interpretations after Kabir's verses by Gulam Mohammed Sheikh 1- (1997) "Ya gh...
  • Solomon’s Mosque is in our hands
    Islam Has Never Denied the Jewish Connection to Jerusalem. On the contrary, anywhere you look in early Islamic literature, if it discusses...
 

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