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Ramadhan in History
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Ramadhan in History
By Dr. 'Abdullaah Hakim Quick
Originally published in The Message, Canada, January 1997
All praises to Allah, Lord of the worlds. He who revealed in His Glorious Qur'an,
"O you who believe, fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those who came before you that you may keep your duty to your Lord (having taqwa)."
(2:185). And may blessings and peace of Allah be upon His last Messenger Muhammad ibn Abdullah, forever.
O you who believe, Ramadan is a sacred month wherein Almighty Allah is constantly testing His creation and giving humanity the opportunity to achieve infinite, endless Bliss. Fasting is a complete purification and a means to developing the consciousness of Allah's presence. The consciousness of Allah (Taqwa) is a protection against the schemes of Shaitan, and the suffering of this world. Allah has informed us that,
"Whoever keeps his duty to Allah (has taqwa), He ordains a way out for him and gives him sustenance from where he imagines not. And whoever trusts in Allah, He is sufficient for him. Surely Allah attains His purpose. Allah has appointed a measure for everything." (65:2)
Many Muslims today have a misconception about fasting and the activities of a fasting person. They go into a state of semi-hibernation, spending most of their daylight hours in bad. If they fear Allah, they wake up for prayer, but then return to sleep immediately. This unnatural sleep makes them become lazy, dull-witted and often cranky.
Ramadan is actually a time of increased activity wherein the believer, now lightened of the burdens of constant eating and drinking, should be more willing to strive and struggle for Allah. The Prophet, sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam, passed through approximately nine Ramadans after the Hijrah. They were filled with decisive events and left us a shining example of sacrifice and submission to Allah.
In the first year after the Hijrah
, the Prophet, sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam, sent Hamza ibn Abdul Muttalib with thirty Muslim riders to Saif al Bahr to investigate three hundred riders from Quraish who had camped suspiciously in that area. The Muslims were about to engage the disbelievers, but they were separated by Majdy ibn Umar al-Juhany. The Hypocrites of Madinah, hoping to oppose the unity of the Muslims, built their own masjid (called Masjid ad-Dirar). The Prophet, sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam, ordered this masjid to be destroyed in Ramadan.
On the seventeenth of Ramadan, 3 A.H.
, Almighty Allah separated truth from falsehood at the Great Battle of Badr. The Prophet, sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam, and 313 of his companions set out to intercept a caravan of their own goods that had been left in Makkah. It was led by Abu Sufyan himself, and estimated at 50,000 dinars. They were met, instead, by a well-equipped army of the nobility of Quraish, intent on putting out the light of Islam. Despite being outnumbered three to one and appearing weak and unseasoned, the Muslims defended their faith with a burning desire to protect the Prophet and meet their Lord through martyrdom. Allah gave them a decisive victory on this day of Ramadan, that would never be forgotten.
In 6 A.H.,
Zaid ibn Haritha was sent to Wadi al-Qura at the head of a detachment to confront Fatimah bint Rabiah, the queen of that area. Fatimah had previously attacked a caravan led by Zaid and had succeeded in plundering its wealth. She was known to be the most protected woman in Arabia, as she hung fifty swords of her close relatives in her home. Fatimah was equally renowned for showing open hostility to Islam. She was killed in a battle against these Muslims in the month of Ramadan.
By Ramadan of 8 A.H.
, the treaty of Hudaibiyya had been broken and the Muslim armies had engaged the Byzantines in the north. Muhammad, sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam, felt the need to strike a fatal blow to disbelief in the Arabian Peninsula and conquer the city of Mecca. Allah has declared His Sanctuary a place of peace, security and religious sanctity. Now the time had come to purify the Ka`bah of nakedness and abomination. The Prophet, sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam set out with an army having more armed men than al-Madinah had ever seen before. People were swelling the army's ranks as it moved toward Makkah. The determination of the believers, guided by the will of Allah, became so awesome that the city of Makkah was conquered without a battle, on 20 Ramadan. This was one of the most important dates in Islamic history for after it, Islam was firmly entrenched in the Arabian Peninsula. During the same month and year, after smashing the idols of Makkah, detachments were sent to the other major centers of polytheism and al-Lat, Manat and Suwa, some of the greatest idols of Arabia, were destroyed.
Such was the month of Ramadan in the time of the Prophet, sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam. It was a time of purification, enjoining the good, forbidding the evil, and striving hard with one's life and wealth. After the death of the Prophet, sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam, Muslims carried on this tradition and Allah used the true believers to affect the course of history. Ramadan continued to be a time of great trials and crucial events.
Ninety-two years after the Hijrah, Islam had spread across North Africa, Iran, Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria. Spain was under the tyrannical rule of King Roderic of the Visigoths. Roderic had forced his six millions serfs and persecuted Jews to seek the aid of the Muslims of North Africa in order to be delivered. Musa ibn Husair, the Umayyad governor of North Africa, responded by sending his courageous general Tariq ibn Ziyad at the head of 12,000 Berber and Arab troops. In Ramadan of that year, they were confronted with a combined Visigoth army of 90,000 Christians led by Roderic himself, who was seated on a throne of ivory, silver, and precious gems and drawn by white mules. After burning his boats, Tariq preached to the Muslims warning them that victory and Paradise lay ahead of them and defeat and the sea lay to the rear. They burst forth with great enthusiasm and Allah manifested a clear victory over the forces of disbelief. Not only was Roderic killed and his forces completely annihilated, but also Tariq and Musa succeeded in liberating the whole of Spain, Sicily and parts of France. This was the beginning of the Golden Age of Al-Andalus where Muslims ruled for over 700 years.
In the year 582 A.H.,
Salahuddin Al-Ayyubi, after battling with the Crusaders for years, finally drove them out of Syria and the whole of their occupied lands in the month of Ramadan. The Muslim world was then destined to meet one of its most frightening challenges.
In the seventh century A.H.
the Mongols were sweeping across Asia destroying everything that lay in their path. Genghis Khan called himself "the scourge of God sent to punish humanity for their sins". In 617 A.H., Samarkand, Ray and Hamdan were put to the sword causing more than 700,000 people to be killed or made captive. In 656 A.H., Hulagu, the grandson of Genghis Khan, continued this destruction. Even Baghdad, the leading city of the Muslim world, was sacked. Some estimates say that as many as 1,800,000 Muslims were killed in this awesome carnage. The Christians were asked to eat pork and drink wine openly while the surviving Muslims were forced to participate in drinking bouts. Wine was sprinkled in the masjids and no Azan (call to prayer) was allowed. In the wake of such a horrible disaster and with the threat of the whole Muslim world and then Europe being subjected to the same fate, Allah raised up from the Mamluks of Egypt, Saifuddin Qutz, who united the Muslim army and met the Mongols at Ain Jalut on 25th of Ramadan, 658 A.H. Although they were under great pressure, the Muslims with the help of Allah, cunning strategy and unflinching bravery crushed the Mongol army and reversed this tidal wave of horror. The whole of the civilized world sighed in relief and stood in awe at the remarkable achievement of these noble sons of Islam.
This was the spirit of Ramadan that enabled our righteous forefathers to face seemingly impossible challenges. It was a time of intense activity, spending the day in the saddle and the night in prayer while calling upon Allah for His mercy and forgiveness.
Today, the Muslim world is faced with drought, military aggression, widespread corruption and tempting materialism. Surely we are in need or believers who can walk in the footsteps of our beloved Prophet, sallallahu `alaihi wa sallam, the illustrious Sahabah, Tariq ibn Ziyad, Qutuz, Salahuddin and the countless heroes of Islam. Surely we are in need of believers who are unafraid of the threats of the disbelievers, yet kind and humble to the believing people; Muslims whose fast is complete and not just a source of hunger and thirst.
May Allah raise up a generation of Muslims who can carry Islam to all corners of the globe in a manner that befits our age, and may He give us the strength and the success to lay the proper foundations for them. May Allah make us of those who carry out our Islam during Ramadan and after it, and may He not make us of those who say what they do not do. Surely Allah and His Angels invoke blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad. O you who believe, send blessings and peace to him forever.
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from four things: Knowledge which does not profit, a heart which is not submissive, a soul which has an insatiable appetite, and a supplication which is not heard."
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SOUTH AFRICA: BOWHUNT: Back from my first trip....
I'm back from my way to short trip to Africa if I have one regret in is that I could not have stayed longer but life and the bills go on.
I started thinking about Africa long before I pick up a traditional bow. My first inquiry about a possible bow hunt with Lammie Potgieter of Dare To Bowhunt in 07 or 08 I think. I have talked with several other PHs but Lammie seemed to live bow hunting and his operation is for bow hunters. Most of his clients shoot compounds and that is how our relationship started but when I expressed the desire to hunt with a traditional bow Lammie stepped up to the task and did what was necessary to accommodate. Lammie has taken game with his long bow and knows what it takes and understands the challenge of our equipment.
Lammie shooting his Bob Lee recurve..
Our first day did not start well, or so it seemed as my first opportunity at a very nice Impala ram ended in my bow tip hit the top of the hide with a sound that was probably heard back home and my shot missed clean and high. Redemption came later and I was glad I had missed the first when this guy came in. Lesson learned and some adjustments my shot was true and the ram expired in a very short distance. He is 22 シ inches tall. I put my Big Jim Thunderchild between his horns to give an idea of mass. I was pleased to say the least.
Allison, Lammie痴 wife is a very gracious hostess and goes out of her way to make sure the guests get a chance to experience the flavors of South Africa. We ate game meats (Impala, Blesbok etc) and sampled South African wines that were excellent. I am a California native and I can honestly say there wines are on par with some of our best. The accommodations were excellent and my cloths were laundered daily!!! My room was a separate bungalow with very nice furnishings a shower and a large Jacuzzi tube. There is a pool right outside the door and a giant fire pit off the main lodge that is stoked every evening. Lammie and Allison have done a wonderful job making a stay with them a great experience.
The next day we went to a different area. Lammie as I said before went out of his way to pre scout and put me in a position to have the best opportunity for success. He had put up a pop up blind in some thick, thick bush. It was a very small blind and the longest shot from this blind would be 12 yards at the most and most likely closer. I was pretty much in the blind for the whole day and toward evening Lammi痴 work and my patience were rewarded. This Nyala bull played cat and mouse for quite a while before he gave me a shot. Because I was so close and sitting on the dirt, I worked to me knees bent over came to full draw and slowly rose so that my arrow cleared the window, released? the bull tore off into the bush. We probably went after him a bit premature because it was getting dark quick and we didn稚 want to loose the bull to a scavenger or opportunistic predator. My hit was a bit back but with Lammie痴 tracking skills and the aid of his two dogs we recovered the bull and I took a deep breath of relief?
Nyala are incredible animals and more so when you are this close. During the time I spent in the blind I saw a dozen cows and calves, monkeys and some beautiful birds. Setting in the blind was one of the pinch me moments of my life? sounds a bit sappy but true.
Day three we move to another location and had an opportunity with a Blesbok. Before the Blesbok came in we had a bunch of Wildebeests and a Giant Warthog. I should probably say at this time that I am shooting a 56 50@28 Big Jim Thunderchild and the Warthog was a bit on the long shot side with my equipment so he got a pass. I might have made the shot work but with Warthogs they either dye in a recoverable distance or they run until they find a burrow go in it to recover or dye. After a bit more time this Blesbok came in. We were in one of Lammies permanent hides and I took the shot.
I only had five actual hunting days because of my job obligations. Lammie did an Excellent job making them count.
Day four found us looking for an opportunity at a Warthog. I was looking to the left and saw this red streak blast across and opening. I instantly uttered the words Red Duiker and Lammie looked and confirmed. Once the Duiker was in the brush he went about the task of eating these seed pods that all the browsers seem to relish like candy. Soon it was apparent there was also a female that had gone unnoticed doing the same. I turned to Lammie and we agreed that the game was on and if the Duiker gave me the shot I would try. I have to say that before I came to Africa I had read books, watched videos and emersed my self in as much information as I could. I had also seen a couple of videos were a Duiker was missed by archers using much faster equipment than mine. These little animals are food for everything that eats meat and have supernatural reflexes.
The duiker finally can toward us and bent down for a drink. I prepared for the shot and when the Duiker raised his head and looked in the opposite direction (maybe looking for the female? ) I released the arrow, he still moved a bit but the shot looked good. I think Lammie was shocked as he turned with a look of disbelief and said 添ou got him Then a big grin appeared one his face... I think he was as happy as I was !!
Now came the part that is the killer for me the wait. The Duiker had run up the hill and we lost site as he entered the brush? Lammie called the lodge for pick up and we waited for what seemed an eternity I have to tell you this little antelope had me shaking. This was an opportunity that I had been blessed with. The skinner that works for Lammie has never even seen one and shooting one with a longbow well??? Allison pull up to the blind and Lammie said he was just going to check for blood and we might give him a bit more time if it didn稚 look right. I was obedient and stayed with Allison at the hide as much as I wanted to check it out for myself, after an extremely long minute Lammie immerged from the bush holding the Duiker with one arm. It had expired right were we had last seen him and in fact was already a bit stiff? I was so relieved!!
Lammie says he is eight to ten years old. He is an amazing looking creature and to have been given the opportunity to take him was a blessing to say the least.
For perspective my bow is 56" and the tiny antelope easily fits inside....
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Coaster, I'm enjoying your report and photos greatly. Taking that beautiful red duiker with your longbow in a great accomplishment. Keep the report coming.
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Congrats. Red Duiker is certainly an animal I would love to take.The journey is the reward.
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Great archery hunt. Very nice pics.When I am not hunting, I am thinking about hunting....I think I'll go hunting.
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Great pics and great animals, especially with traditional equipment. Quiet an accomplishment. That Nyala looks like a true giant! Congrats!HCA Speed Pro, 70#'s @ 29", 560 grain Gold Tip XT Hunters tipped w/100 grain Smoke Ramcat.
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Great hunt report! Awesome red duiker!!!!
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Well done for a 5 day hunt!!!!
Have to love that little red bullet.Practice whispering before you leave for Africa!
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Wonderful hunt, congratulations.
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Very impressive, very nice animals, and a great bowhunting story. Congrats, and hope you have as much luck on your next hunt in Africa."That which does not kill us makes us stronger" Friedrich Nietzsche // That which does not kill me, better run like hell" Scott Smith
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Nice trophies and a good story and photos to go with itJames Grage - New Mexico
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Congrats on some great animals! The more I see the little guys the more I like them....maybe next time for me????"Ignorance is curable, stupid is forever."
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Africa and archery, what a great mix. Congrats on your harvests.
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Six months ago, the AOY wasn't even close on Martens' radar. In the Sabine River, Texas, event he placed a dismal 85th out of 99 anglers. It was not the start to the 2013 year he wanted. However, Martens made up ground quickly in the next seven Elite tournaments. He did not place lower than the 24th spot after the first event. In true champion fashion Martens finished 12th place or higher in the final five Elite derbies.
Winning AOY again has taken some of the sting out of his Bassmaster Classic performances. From 2002-11, Martens finished second four times. Two of those were behind Kevin VanDam. Martens is only one of 10 anglers to win the AOY more than once in the 43-year history.
Before the final event on Lake St. Clair, Martens was 30 points behind Oklahoma pro Edwin Evers. Many folks thought that was an insurmountable lead. In the previous seven Elite tournaments, Evers never finished below 25th place. However, Evers weighed in only 13 pounds and was back 79 places. With the Evers stumble, Martens was able to close the door weighing more than 60 pounds of smallmouth bass in the first three days.
Lake St. Clair did not hold up to its No. 1 ranking among the top bass lakes in the country. Most of the Elite field of anglers made runs of more than 80 miles to Lake Erie or Huron to catch the larger smallies. Martens was one of those anglers making the back-breaking rides to catch the more quality size smallmouth.
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The boat did a slight twist when it hit back in the water and Martens heard two of the main jack-plate bolts break. He was 37 miles from check-in and had to limp in to a nearby marina. Martens' wife, Lesley drove over to pick up him and his camera for the road trip back to the weigh-in site. Martens said he had more 20 pounds of bass, which he released. That limit would have made it close between him and tournament winner Chris Lane of Guntersville.
This was a Southern fried event on Michigan waters. Ten of the top 12 anglers were from the South or Texas. Five of the top anglers in the final 12 reside in Alabama. Lane moved back on top over Day 2 and 3 leader Mark Davis to clinch the win and a sloth in the Classic on his now home lake.
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Five quick hits from Texas A&M's 29-24 takedown of No. 1 Alabama:
1. The unthinkable happened Saturday night in Bryant-Denny Stadium. SEC newbie, No. 15 Texas A&M, came into foreign territory (the Aggies have never been to Tuscaloosa) and knocked the nation's No. 1 team off its pedestal with a 29-24 victory.
This is only the Aggies second win over a top-ranked team in program history.
"We probably dug a ditch that we couldn't quite dig out of," said Alabama head coach Nick Saban. "You have to give them a lot of credit. We didn't play our best game today and we didn't execute the way that we needed to execute. That starts with me. I take full responsibility."
2. Texas A&M got off to a fast start going up 20-0 in the first quarter, thanks to tricky quarterback Johnny Manziel. Heading into this game, Johnny Football as he's nicknamed, led the SEC in total offense, averaging 383.2 yards per game. Against Alabama, the nation's top-ranked defense, Manziel racked up 345 total yards (92 rushing, 253 passing).
Defensively, Alabama could not stop Manziel or his connection with receiver Ryan Swope, who is just the second receiver to go for over 100 yards against Alabama this season (111 yards on 11 catches).
Even when it appeared the Tide's defense made the right call, Manziel made plays.
"We had a lot of undisciplined, missed assignments," Saban said. "We didn't play with the kind of discipline you have to play with, especially against their quarterback, whether it's pass rush lanes or executions of pressures or whatever."
Added defensive end Damion Square: "They were just getting off the ball faster than us."
3. Texas A&M led 20-0 after the first quarter. Alabama's offense had no answer in those first 15 minutes, as AJ McCarron completed just one pass for five yards and was intercepted for the first time this season (his pass attempts without an interception streak ended at 291).
"Their defensive coordinator was throwing some really bizarre looks at us that we had never seen before," said center Barrett Jones.
Added McCarron: "They did a good job scheming up and showing us things we didn't practice."
Twenty points was the largest deficit Alabama has seen since losing to South Carolina in 2010, so how did the team keep its composure?
"The scoreboard doesn't matter," McCarron said. "It doesn't matter if you're down 20 or up 20, you gotta keep playing. You gotta score regardless, so it shouldn't matter."
In the second quarter, McCarron went 9-of-11 for 81 yards and by halftime, Alabama had cut A&M's lead to six points.
4. Down 29-17 with 8:37 left in the game, McCarron led a nine-play, 94-yard touchdown drive that ended with a 54-yard bomb to freshman receiver Amari Cooper. The crowd, that had been taken out of the game a little bit, was back with a vengeance.
Alabama's defense followed up by forcing A&M to a three-and-out on the next possession.
Then came the game-winning drive that wasn't. McCarron hit his favorite deep threat—Kenny Bell—for 54 yards to get to the Aggies six-yard-line. Once inside the five, McCarron scrambled to the two. He said after the game he thought he was going to make it in the end zone, but was tripped up by an A&M defender.
On fourth-and-goal from the two, McCarron looked for Bell again in the lower right corner of the end zone, but was intercepted by Deshazor Everett.
"It was just a quick play, a one-hit wonder," McCarron said when asked to describe that final dagger.
But even when all seemed lost, Alabama almost got the ball back with 35 seconds left. A&M faced fourth-and-1 from its own 13, but the Tide jumped offsides which quashed any lingering hope.
"The players were told, 'Make sure you stay onsides, they are going to try to get you to jump offsides with a shift or a motion or something,'" Saban said. "The players are disappointed. There are a lot of lessons to be learned."
5. A storyline heading into this game was how Alabama would respond after such an emotional and physical game last week against LSU. But the matchups against the Aggies as definitely not an example of active recovery.
Saban admitted after the game he was concerned heading into this game because although his players looked refocused at the beginning of the week, they started to wear down emotionally towards the end.
"We just couldn't seem to get the kind of mental energy and intensity that we needed to play against this kind of team," he said. "We have had a pretty tough stretch here and that's no excuse…[A&M] had lost to two Top 10 teams [Florida and LSU] by three and five points and they are a better team now than they were then."
When McCarron was asked if the team was out of gas heading into this matchup, he responded with a quick, "No, not at all."
"We have to refocus," McCarron added. "We don't have an option. We've got to get back to what we do."
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I pulled out your heart last night while you were sleeping. I turned it over and over in my hands. Ruby red wetness. I inspected it for defects and flaws, broken bits. It shined in the moonlight and I nearly came undone. You almost woke when I put it back, like the cookie jar lid. But you didn't, you never even knew.
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But that's not how it works
Sometimes we just have to stand beside a certain person and get it. Get what? That feeling that is the moon. Or the heat from the sun. Or a three-beer buzz. Skin prickle. Calm and frenzy. All the feelings condensed into that thing you can't even mouth. You can only feel. When I was a little girl my grandmother's neighbor was named Hutch and he smelled like a pipe and wore enormous overalls and I loved him like a banjo sounds. I loved him like sticky pancake syrup and it was the first time I knew I could just stand by someone and get it. All the feelings. I knew you could bask in someone else. People make my clock turn. My dials spin. My hope bellow. You are one of them. Sometimes if you're lucky you can have a few at once and walk down the street and really believe that we have a reason to be here. That the earth won't spin so fast and we will remember who we are. Maybe I could take that energy and light up the city with it. Make a windmill. Power up and never fade away.
"She has a mouth like unswept glass — when you least expect it she cuts you."
Junot Diaz
Danny Boy
We were in the North of England with a friend and we had a proper holiday party at his mother's home with king prawn and big beers and Irish whiskey in tiny cups. And we wore the colored thin paper Christmas hats and let the back door swing open to hang our heads out and smoke cigarettes that came in packs of ten. And the cold air licked our smooth faces and we shivered towards midnight.
Music was all over the house but eventually we all stood in the small kitchen together singing songs we all knew. The floor was tiled and my heels made loud clicks like clocks on mantles when I sang Oasis to the man that I had just given my heart.
And then the mother of the house pressed her fancy dress
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and sang out "Danny Boy" and silenced us all
and her lipstick was smudged and her curls wet against her face
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she was in her home and her dress was smooth
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her son
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he could not take his eyes from her
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this is how it is
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it will all be done
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I will write myself right.
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the biggest droplets
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I wipe my face
I am a part of the sky
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what's the matter
nothing I whisper in the phone
listen lady
this is my blue period
my monochromatic heart pumps muted colors
I am right under the surface
I look blurry
the post office worker looked at me
with a tilted head today
is it all across my face
I get worried people can read my thoughts
I'm taming tigers
I'm fighting you
with my fists
leaving poems in the street
on top of cigarette machines
places you may know
the sun licked my heels all the way home
and I never turned around
I had coffee with a familiar stranger recently and was told a marvelous story. It started like all good stories do with love, or at the very least, the idea of it. The blood pumping kind of love that makes you feel alive. And when she opened her mouth more of that energy kept coming out and I had to push my wooden chair back ever so often just to feel like I wouldn't get swallowed up. Because that's what happens to us all if we allow it. I won't tell you the story but I'll let you feel what it's like to get swallowed up. Dunk your head in cold water and scream. Look in the mirror and never recognize yourself. Run a hot bath and drown.
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Crossing Mandelbaum Gate
Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956-1978
Weeks before the Suez War of 1956, four-year-old Kai Bird, son of a garrulous, charming American Foreign Service officer, moved to Jerusalem with his family. They settled in a small house, where young Kai could hear church bells and the Muslim call to prayer and watch as donkeys and camels competed with cars for space on the narrow streets. Each day on his way to school, Kai was driven through Mandelbaum Gate, where armed soldiers guarded the line separating Israeli-controlled West Jerusalem from Arab-controlled East. He had a front-seat view to both sides of a divided city—and the roots of the widening conflict between Arabs and Israelis.
Bird would spend much of his life crossing such lines—as a child in Jerusalem, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, and later, as a young man in Lebanon. Crossing Mandelbaum Gate is his compelling personal history of growing up an American in the midst of three major wars and three turbulent decades in the Middle East. The Zelig-like Bird brings readers into such conflicts as the Suez War, the Six Day War of 1967, and the Black September hijackings in 1970 that triggered the Jordanian civil war. Bird vividly portrays such emblematic figures as the erudite George Antonius, author of The Arab Awakening; Jordan's King Hussein; the Palestinian hijacker Leila Khaled; Salem bin Laden, Osama's older brother and a family friend; Saudi King Faisal; President Nasser of Egypt; and Hillel Kook, the forgotten rescuer of more than 100,000 Jews during World War II.
Bird, his parents sympathetic to Palestinian self-determination and his wife the daughter of two Holocaust survivors, has written a masterful and highly accessible book—at once a vivid chronicle of a life spent between cultures as well as a consummate history of a region in turmoil. It is an indispensable addition to the literature on the modern Middle East.
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On the eve of the Suez War in 1956, soon after we arrived, my father observed in a letter to his parents: "Once more we can cross freely through Mandelbaum Gate and once again every day we remark about the contrast between an energetically determined Israel and a stubborn, colorful and slowly progressing Jordan…. One side is willing and capable of doing the job. The other is still almost feudal, clannish and with a 'baksheesh' (personal charity approaching graft) mentality."
My parents came to Jerusalem as blank slates.
My father and mother spent their formative... see more