I came into your world Wrapped in my inherited desert shawls All my ancestors nomadic uncontrollable souls An immense mysterious heritage Do you comprehend what that implies? When you ask me to swap a desert infinite horizon With a one way trip to a door and walls?

I came into your world Wrapped in my inherited desert shawls All my ancestors nomadic uncontrollable souls An immense mysterious heritage Do you comprehend what that implies? When you ask me to swap a desert infinite horizon With a one way trip to a door and walls?

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by Suhel Ahmad | Last Updated on June 28, 2020 | Created on June 28, 2020

I will be reading the poetry and I will read it aloud because I will be, you know, whispering the poetry, because poetry, I really believe, has to do with a sense of communicating and the idea of reading the poem, giving life to the poem, is important, and so the old tradition is very important.

I will be reading the poetry and I will read it aloud because I will be, you know, whispering the poetry, because poetry, I really believe, has to do with a sense of communicating and the idea of reading the poem, giving life to the poem, is important, and so the old tradition is very […]

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by Suhel Ahmad | Last Updated on June 28, 2020 | Created on June 28, 2020

For me, a poem is not about ideas. It’s never an idea that I have. It’s basically an image or a sense, mostly images, that have to do with the senses, and so the five senses, and then from the image, then, you know, I have to write it down. And so, once I start writing, it’s almost automatic, you know, the next line follows. It’s not planning, I don’t plan collections of poetry.

For me, a poem is not about ideas. It’s never an idea that I have. It’s basically an image or a sense, mostly images, that have to do with the senses, and so the five senses, and then from the image, then, you know, I have to write it down. And so, once I start […]

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by Suhel Ahmad | Last Updated on June 28, 2020 | Created on June 28, 2020

Imagine, you know, if I did not have access to the memories of my grandma or to my grandfather. If I could not talk to my uncles in Spanish, I would be very poor as a person.

Imagine, you know, if I did not have access to the memories of my grandma or to my grandfather. If I could not talk to my uncles in Spanish, I would be very poor as a person.

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by Suhel Ahmad | Last Updated on June 28, 2020 | Created on June 28, 2020

I believe that I became a poet, a writer, when I was transcribing my grandma’s songs in Mexico. I was about 15 years old. And my grandma used to sing with the mandolin a beautiful song that she used to play, and I thought at that point that she was basically singing from the old tradition of Mexico. But then I became aware that those were her own songs, but she had never written down the songs herself. So I decided to then transcribe the songs, and I would listen to her, and then write down the songs. They were very beautiful songs, in the Hispanic tradition of Guatecos and the ballads and so forth.

I believe that I became a poet, a writer, when I was transcribing my grandma’s songs in Mexico. I was about 15 years old. And my grandma used to sing with the mandolin a beautiful song that she used to play, and I thought at that point that she was basically singing from the old […]

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by Suhel Ahmad | Last Updated on June 28, 2020 | Created on June 28, 2020

We have endured a lot of harm from Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and his brothers, and we preferred to respond with as little as possible, out of our concern to extinguish the fire of sedition. But Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and his brothers did not leave us a choice, for they have demanded that all the mujahideen reject their confirmed pledges of allegiance, and to pledge allegiance to them for what they claim of a caliphate.

We have endured a lot of harm from Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and his brothers, and we preferred to respond with as little as possible, out of our concern to extinguish the fire of sedition. But Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and his brothers did not leave us a choice, for they have demanded that all the mujahideen […]

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by Suhel Ahmad | Last Updated on June 28, 2020 | Created on June 28, 2020

The Sheikh has departed, may God have mercy on him, to his God as a martyr and we must continue on his path of jihad to expel the invaders from the land of Muslims and to purify it from injustice. Today, and thanks to God, America is not facing an individual or a group, but a rebelling nation, which has awoken from its sleep in a jihadist renaissance.

The Sheikh has departed, may God have mercy on him, to his God as a martyr and we must continue on his path of jihad to expel the invaders from the land of Muslims and to purify it from injustice. Today, and thanks to God, America is not facing an individual or a group, but […]

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by Suhel Ahmad | Last Updated on June 28, 2020 | Created on June 28, 2020

Dear brothers and sisters … we cannot but recall the crimes of these criminal [Jews] throughout history. … Why did France, in 1253, expel and uproot the Jewish entity which was represented by the ghetto? Why did they expel them? Because they sucked the blood of the French, because they shed the blood of the French, slaughtered them, stole their money, and conspired against them. At the end of the day, the French had no choice but to expel them in 1253. … The series of expulsions continues to this day, … and Allah willing, their expulsion from Palestine in its entirety is certain to come. We are no weaker or less honourable than the peoples that expelled and annihilated the Jews. The day we expel them is drawing near. … We extend our hands to feed these hungry dogs and wild beasts, and they devoured our fingers. We have learned the lesson: there is no place for you among us, and you have no future among the nations of the world. You are headed to annihilation.

Dear brothers and sisters … we cannot but recall the crimes of these criminal [Jews] throughout history. … Why did France, in 1253, expel and uproot the Jewish entity which was represented by the ghetto? Why did they expel them? Because they sucked the blood of the French, because they shed the blood of the […]

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by Suhel Ahmad | Last Updated on June 27, 2020 | Created on June 27, 2020

History teaches us that everything is in flux. Our fight to redress the material crimes of 1948 is scarcely begun, and adversity has taught us patience. As for the Israeli state and its Spartan culture of permanent war, it is all too vulnerable to time, fatigue and demographics: In the end, it is always a question of our children and those who come after us.

History teaches us that everything is in flux. Our fight to redress the material crimes of 1948 is scarcely begun, and adversity has taught us patience. As for the Israeli state and its Spartan culture of permanent war, it is all too vulnerable to time, fatigue and demographics: In the end, it is always a […]

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by Suhel Ahmad | Last Updated on June 27, 2020 | Created on June 27, 2020

The fiercest and most successful of the Arabian warriors.

The fiercest and most successful of the Arabian warriors.

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by Suhel Ahmad | Last Updated on June 27, 2020 | Created on June 27, 2020