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Najwa Kareem Apr 8
(When reading this poem, it's fitting to pronounce 'Salman' using the Arabic pronunciation.)

Salman, Kibbutz Blinken's Athan Man
Tellin' Gaza I understand

Salman, Kibbutz Blinken's Athan Man
Fighting by taking a stand

Salman, Kibbutz Blinken's Athan Man
Salman, tellin' Gaza we understand

Salman, Kibbutz Blinken's Athan Man
Salman, fighting by taking a stand

Salman, Kibbutz Blinken's Athan Man
An Athan telling the world, we must take command

Salman, Kibbutz Blinken's Athan Man
Prepping us for prayer, prayer/a daily ritual, which is supposed to help us to assert, Oppressors we're not a fan  

Salman, Kibbutz Blinken's Athan Man
Salman, tellin' Gaza I understand

Salman, Kibbutz Blinken's Athan Man
Salman, fighting by taking a stand

Salman, Kibbutz Blinken's Athan Man
Salman, Kibbutz Blinken's Athan Man
Salman, Kibbutz Blinken's Athan Man
Salman, Kibbutz Blinken's Athan Man
Tellin' Gaza we understand

Salman, Kibbutz Blinken's Athan Man
Announcing 'God is Greater than', 'God is more Important than', 'God is more Significant than', 'God is more Powerful than' Trump's and Netanyahu's clan

Salman, Kibbutz Blinken's Athan Man
With his Athan, insisting, Palestine, take my hand

By: Najwa Kareem

https://www.instagram.com/omarknowsphotos/reel/C5fGcRvta2J/
"THANK YOU SOOO MUCH, SALMAN, FOR CONTINUING TO BE ON THE FRONTLINES OF OUR BATTLEFIELD TO RESIST THE OPPRESSORS OF THE OPPRESSED/OF OURS IN PALESTINE/OUR HOMELAND AND FOR ALL OF THE SACRIFICES OF YOUR TIME, RESOURCES, ETC. TO DO WHAT YOU CAN (LIKE HOW YOU RECITED THE ATHAN AT THIS COMMUNAL GATHERING FOR IFTAR IN FRONT OF THE HOME OF FORMER US SECRETARY OF GENOCIDE, ANTONY BLINKEN) TO AID IN OUR HUMAN FAMILY GETTING THEIR/OUR HUMAN RIGHTS HONORED AND TO ASSIST IN A FREE PALESTINE BECOMING A REALITY, A FREED HOLY LAND. PICTURES OF YOU ENGAGING IN GRASSROOTS ACTIONS AT PUBLIC FORUMS SAY A LOT; PICTURE TAKERS (EVEN ONES AT THE AL-QUDS DAY (2025) PROTEST) LIKE TO KEEP YOU IN THE SPOTLIGHT :) AS TUPAC WOULD HAVE LIKELY SAID TO YOU IF HE WERE STILL ALIVE, YOU ARE APPRECIATED!"

From Najwa and your oppressed family in the now miserably destroyed land of olive trees and delicious tasting kunafa.

To Salman: This **photo [of Salman giving the Athan] was seen on Hazami's Instagram and because I was so drawn to it and find it so appealing, I saved it as a draft in my email on 4/21/24. After viewing it, a couple of ideas for how to use it came to mind. The idea to write the poem below was not one of the ideas I thought of then. The writing of this poem happened this morning when just as I was getting ready to make a few duas, the first and second phrases/verses came to me (after reciting out loud a gift I intend to offer to another person); I recited both verses out loud and was very happy with them. When I went to my email a bit later in the morning, I decided to type these two phrases/verses and save them in my draft folder, and after seeing them written or typed before me, I made the decision to write you a poem. 

**Tried to put the photo here but it did not work

*I've also made this poem a protest song! Insha Allah, I will sing it to you/Salman and others.
BRIAN, YOU ARE STILL A LITTLE SHY BOY, BUDDY




YOU SEE MY DAD CLOSED THE DOOR SAYING

DON’T WORRY ABOUT THE TEASING, BE LIKE ME AND MUMMY

AND WENT BACK IN AND I FOLLOWED DAD AND HE SAID

ARE YOU GETTING TEASED, BRIAN , AND I SAID, I AM TEASING YOU

CAUSE DAD, YOUR NOT LIKE US, YOUR NOT LIKE US, YA NOT LIKE US

I AM A YOUNG DUDE, AND YOU ARE A GRUMPY OLD ****

AND DAD SAID GO TO YOUR ROOM, AND I SAID NEH, I AM STILL COOL, BUDDY

DAD SAID, COOL, WHY DO YA WANT TO BE COOL FOR, BE LIKE ME AND MUMMY

OR A SHY YOUNG DUDE, AND I SAID, YOU ARE FUCKEN SHY, DAD

AND DAD GOT UP AND SAID, GO TO YOUR BLINKEN ROOM YA LITTLE SHY BOY

AND IF WE HAD LOCKS, I WILL LOCK YOU IN, I SAID WHEN YOU DIE

YOU ARE LEARNING ABOUT HOW KIDS OF TODAY ACT

DAD SAID SHUT UP, YOUR STILL A LITTLE SHY BOY

AND RAN TO HIS SEAT, AND I FOLLOWED HIM SAYING, I AM STILL NOT LEAVING YOU ALONE DAD

AND DAD SAID, GO TO YOUR ROOM YA FOOL, YA FOOL

I SAID, HIT ME HERE IN THE FACE DADDY, AND HE SAID OK AND HIT ME SQUARE IN THE FACE

AND TRIED TO RUN TO HIS SEAT, AND I FOLLOWED HIM TO HIS SEAT

SAYING, I WANT TO BE COOL, AND HE SAID COOL WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE COOL FOR

GO AWAY FOOL, DAD, SAID, AND I STUCK MY FINGER UP AT DAD, AND HE SAID

DON;T GIVE ME THOSE RITCHARD HAND SIGNALS YA FOOL YOU FLAMING FOOL

AND I SHOWED DAD MY FINGER 199 TIMES, MY BROTHER DEFENDED DAD LIKE A MANS KID WOULD

AND I STARTED A BG ARGUMENT WITH DAD SAYING, I WAS TOO COOL FOR THIS FAMILY

HE SAID, GO AWAY YA FOOL, GO AWAY FOOL, GO FOR A WALK, YA NEED TO LET OFF STEAM

I SAID, NEH, I  WANT TO HAVE MY SAY, DAD YOU NEED TO LIGHTEN UP

DAD SAID, GO TO YOUR ROOM, FOOL, GO TO YOUR ROOM, YA FOOL

AND I SAID, ******* AWAY FROM US YOUNG DUDES, BUDDY, YOU ARE AN OLD FUCKEN KODGER

DAD SAID, GO AWAY YA FOOL, AND WENT INTO THE KITCHEN TO WIPE UP

AND I REMEMBER FOLLOWING HIM, SAYING, LISTEN TO ME, DAD I AM NOT YOUR FAVOURITE SON AM IT

HE SAID, NO, NOT IF YOU CARRY ON LIKE THIS YOUR NOT, YOUR A LITTLE SHY BOY, BUDDY

I SAID, DAD I WANT TO STAB YOU IN THE BACK, DAD SAID WHERE’S THE KNIFE

THE BIG THING WAS, WHERE’S THE KNIFE, I DIDN’T WANT TO **** DAD, HE’S FAMILY

I WAS REALLY TEASING LIKE THE COOL YOUNG DUDES DID IN THE 1980s

WHEN DAD FINISHED THAT HE RAN STRAIGHT TO HIS CHAIR

AND I FOLLOWED HIM, SAYING, YOU ARE A STUPID FATHER

HE SAID, GO AWAY FOOL, GO AWAY FOOL, LEAVE ME ALONE BRIAN, I’M A FAMILY MAN

I SAID, I HAVE COOL MATES, I DON’T NEED YOU TO SAY, YOUR LIKE ME AND MUMMY BRIAN EVERY DAY

THEN I SAID I AM COOL, DAD, DAD SAID, COOL, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE COOL FOR

WELL, NOW DAD IS DEAD, I GOT MY CHANCE TO TELL DAD THAT I WAS BEING A KID

AND NOW IT’S DAD’S TURN TO BE ONE OF DAVID AND LISA CAMPBELL’S TWINS

PAIRED WITH ROBIN WILLIAMS, THEY ARE JUST LIKE EACH OTHER

DAD, IS SOON TO BE JIMMY BARNES’S  GRANDCHILD WITH ROBIN WILLIAMS

TO JOIN OLGA CHICK

HAPPY NEXT LIFE, DAD

AND LET US DUDES BURN YA OLDIE OFF WITH METHANE, TO IMPROVE YOUR NEXT EARTH BODY

BOBYE BLINKEN DAD, YA FOOL, I AM ONLY JOKING, HA HA HA HA
Johanna Khan Apr 2013
Die Sterne blinken und blitzen
Je dunkler die Nacht desto heller
Sie versprühen Funken des Glücks
Jeder Funke sucht sich einen Weg
Seinen Weg zu dir und zu mir
Sie setzen sich auf unsere Nasenspitzen
Wenn wir am träumen sind
Und wenn wir tief einatmen
Nehmen wir ein Stückchen Glück

Mit in den Schlaf
Shannon May 2014
bending time, sleight of hand.
give to me, give to me
one more hour.
pulling quarters from the thin air,
give to me one more day.
farce of having time to say
the angry things.
the loving things.
holding you in a cup, drink you up and
i am small.
holding onto you in my pocket,
take you out and blow off the dust.
before you go, before you go.
i selfishly need to finish us.
before you leave, before you journey
i am not done with loving you.
put you on spoon and dip you in the sugar bowl,
sweet on my tongue, i can love you sweet.
i haven't finished being mad,
i haven't finished needing you. just a child am i again,
im not the selfish one,
who's leaving who here, after all?
before you leave, before you leave,
ill put you on music note, treble clef
and pull you out with a whistle.
im not done, i am not done.
loving you in my skewed way.
so goodbye is it, after all?
the rabbits pulled from the deep black hat.
and i put you in a  boat to sea
winken blinken and nod  care for your soul.
ill put you on a chinese lantern
and let you go. ill let you go.

sahn 5/18/2014
thank you for sharing this with me. this is to honor my grandmother, Myrtle Georgia Mae.
Myrtle Georgia Mae Flaherty-Hamilton 7-13-1917 -- 5-25-2014
Najwa Kareem Oct 2024
Fatima Showkat,
with a caring heart
wherever oppressed Palestinians at.

Fatima, a Showkat
raising her Palestinian flag
and if she needed to defend others
would use a cat virtuous herself bat.

Fatima Showkat, a cat of purebred
bred from parents of the same looking, pro human rights activists for those too many unfed
a bred we recognize, a strand we know, Fatima Showkat
nurtured from Muslim communities of the same front stage act.

Mahdi's beautiful cat at a show turned beloved household pet
and one of Kibbutz Blinken's best fighting for justice and equality winning bet
purring No to settlements on a stolen land
hissing No US taxpayers' dollars to Biden's and Blinken's right filthy hand.

Showkat's water bowl filled of fake blood to dump swiftly on US Secretary of State rolling in corruption and lies command,
she with his hated Atefeh 'Rockband'
hardworking, repeated meowing, awarded pedigreed
chasing ***** of red, black, white, and green yarn and running with her fellow active kibbutz cats to successfully proceed.

Pro ALLAH's Adl, pure blooded Showkat is regularly scratching the rug of Zionism and colonialism
Her low-pitched meowing and long stretches to put an end to Israel's terrorism
Jumping at times and when necessary slow moving in the day or in the night
with her eyes glowing to outstare and rebuke America's funded Zionist imperialism.

Fatima, a Showkat worth thousands of ajr
purring, finding her cat's paws' way wholeheartedly with the people of Palestine
to God's heavenly canopy at dawn or fajr.

Fatima Showkatian,
the Showkat for the fight for oppressed peoples' freedom
we applaud you, Kat, for the world knows your bravesome
and it is better for your sacrificial bigsome.

By: Najwa Kareem
*I have published this poem I wrote in March this year and finished writing on May 21, 2024 on this site in memory and in mourning of the one year anniversary of the genocide in Palestine by terrorist Israel following the 'Hamas' October 7 attack in Israel.'

Thank you, Fatima! May the gates of Paradise open for you easily like that of curtains to begin your show, like that of curtains to begin our show.
Najwa Kareem Jan 18
She's getting louder
speaking truth to power

Atefeh Rokhvand's getting louder
speaking truth to power

Speaking truth to power
she's getting louder

A KAAS fighter getting louder
speaking truth to power

She took the floor away from ****** Blinken
Extremely ****** of with a lying Secretary of Genocide monster - from her eyes, no winkin

As they pulled Atefeh out to the exit door
she raised her voice of truth even more

She's getting louder
speaking truth to power

Atefeh Rokhvand's getting louder
speaking truth to power

Speaking truth to power
she's getting louder

A KAAS fighter getting louder
speaking truth to power

Showing the world what holding a despot accountable until his final days looks like
She used her honest, accurate words instead of her ******* to tell Antony Blinken, Take a hike

"The prettiest revolutionary" is a role model of social justice activism, an icon for her daughter and many others
I'm sure her and my loved ones who have passed on are smiling and all of Gaza's martyred mothers

She's getting louder
speaking truth to power

Atefeh Rokhvand's getting louder
speaking truth to power

Speaking truth to power
she's getting louder

A KAAS fighter getting louder
speaking truth to power

By: Najwa Kareem

Written on 11/16/25

https://www.instagram.com/rokhville/reel/DE1KkUNRIdo/
*I bet you no one else wrote you a poem :) haha
This poem, this gift is for you/Atefeh and anyone else who reads it.
Reading it out loud (which I will do to you, INSHA ALLAH), I cried.

https://www.instagram.com/queenofpalestine/reel/DE0EvfCxxo4/

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say, “Whosoever of you sees an evil, let him change it with his hand; and if he is not able to do so, then [let him change it] with his tongue; and if he is not able to do so, then with his heart — and that is the weakest of faith.” [Muslim]
Reference: Hadith 34, 40 Hadith an-Nawawi

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World

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