Me Too How long is long enough? How much will finally be enough? How do we get to a point where you’ve stopped treating us women like property and our bodies like a prize that doesn’t have to be won? When does it end? When will the harassment stop? When will our mothers and…
A fight for what’s right A turn from what’s wrong, Love’s what makes us strong. A broken heart doesn’t stop me But disrespect from my boss? I disagree, Love’s what makes us strong. Being told I can’t study science is a disgrace, Who’s to tell me where’s my place? Love’s what makes us…
Waiters carry champagne to and fro. Guests laugh and dance gaily under the radiance of the moon. Fireworks keep her tired eyes open, Painting the night with white, green and pink. Inside, a couple argues over an affair Men keep tabs on women especially drunk. Cigarette butts and ashes litter the lawn. Finally, dinner is…
It won’t be long, before they find out. Why I sit in my room, and cry and pout. A week from today I’ll have moved away, I want to stay and be with you; I pray. My passion and love lie with you. How could you fall for someone else? Was your love untrue?…
Unthreatened Today I cried I cried at the perversion of my دين I cried at the tarnishing of اسلام At the taboo of the word religion And the scoffs at the word God I cried for the degradation of my faith And the disappearance of unity I cried because it feels like there are so…
See, my name is Samra Samra Kesinovic. By now, the letters that string together into the formation of my name Have disappeared into the horizons of numbers and numbers ticking into television screens, tallied dashes, And flying announcements. “One gone!” the media screeches! “Never Come back!” they cry. See, my name is Samra and my…
My Islam, my faith, Why is there so much hate For a religion so peaceful and most definitely great. I grew up so proud of this faith and its crowd but now all I hear is the hate spread by those who don’t understand this faith itself My identity, my beliefs All Being questioned…
