Rima Isam Anabtawi: "Ramadan Kareem, to those who observe. May it be as serene and peaceful as "this very old Anatolian prayer rug, and may the beauty of your month endure as long."

Rima Isam Anabtawi

"Ramadan Kareem, to those who observe. May it be as serene and peaceful as this very old Anatolian prayer rug, and may the beauty of your month endure as long"   #ramadanmubarak

Rima.... a poem by Anne Selden Annab in Growing Gardens for Palestine

 

Growing Gardens for Palestine

Saturday, October 29, 2022

Rima

Rima Najjar in a traditional Palestinian Embroidered Thobe

 

Rima 

 

Rima- connected

by family and Palestine.

She travels the world online and on foot,

following the art and the history

of and for Palestine.

Rima's goodness

(her greatness)

has a reach far beyond

the leap of literary awareness

and books, far beyond

the rainbow colors and hues of paint

and tile and trees and flowers in spring

all for and of Palestine.

Rima shares, shares the beauty she finds,

shares the challenges and routes

whereby humans connect

over and over through the years.

Rima shares knowledge and facts

and empathy and compassion

and character

Rima is as exquisite

as the roses her sister tends.

Where music and art for Palestine might be

she is there, in body or spirit

she is there for and of Palestine.

poem copyright © 2022 Anne Selden Annab

Standing with Palestine & the rule of fair and just laws, policies and investments: Photos from Al Awda Right of Return March Washington DC 3-1-2020

March First for Al Awda - a poem in Growing Gardens for Palestine by Anne Selden Annab

                   March First for Al Awda


My heart is with all

who march March 1st ...


with all who value every home
& family.


All who value freedom of
(and from) religion.


All who crave and help create

fair and just laws...


All who write stories and poems, and paint,
all who build beauty & museums for Palestine.


All who vote for full and equal rights
and respect.



Every step marched yesterday
today and tomorrow for Al Awda

is amplified a thousand fold,
by all who can not be there.


And amplified again, and again
for Al Awda, amplified a trillion fold
by every refugee.


My heart is with all

who march for real justice

and a lasting peace.

poem copyright ©2020 Anne Selden Annab 

 

"If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit." Bansky

Thanks  Zahi

& Al Awda  .... UN Resolution 194

Dear Haifa - I Am Returning

Badil Al Awda Poster Contest winner 2011