Words

written by Nizar Qabbani

He lets me listen, when he moves me,

Words are not like other words

He takes me, from under my arms

He plants me, in a distant cloud

And the black rain in my eyes

Falls in torrents, torrents

He carries me with him, he carries me

To an evening of perfumed balconies

And I am like a child in his hands

Like a feather carried by the wind

He carries for me seven moons in his hands

and a bundle of songs

He gives me sun, he gives me summer

and flocks of swallows

He tells me that I am his treasure

And that I am equal to thousands of stars

And that I am treasure, and that I am

more beautiful than he has seen of paintings

He tells me things that make me dizzy

that make me forget the dance and the steps

Words...which overturn my history

which make me a woman...in seconds

He builds castles of fantasies

which I live in...for seconds...

And I return...I return to my table

Nothing with me...

Nothing with me...except words 


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My Mother

I long for my mother's bread

My mother's coffee
Her touch
Childhood memories grow up in me
Day after day
I must be worth my life
At the hour of my death
Worth the tears of my mother

And if I come back one day
Take me as a veil to your eyelashes
Cover my bones with the grass
Blessed by your footsteps
Bind us together
with a lock of your hair
With a thread that trails from the back of your dress
I might become immortal
Become a god
If I touch the depths of your heart

If I come back
Use me as wood to feed your fire
As the clothesline on the roof of your house
Without your blessing
I am too weak to stand

I am old
Give me back the star maps of childhood
So that I
Along eith the swallows
Can chart the path
Back to your waiting nest

Day Of My Life

I woke up with bright sunlight coming through the window of my bedroom. I was so lazy, and so I walked so slowly to the bathroom with a stinging cold from ceramic ground. I saw my face in the mirror. As usual, I put my hands under the warm tap of water for a long time, I filled my hands with water and washed up my face. Then, I dried it with a towel. After that, I walked with heavy steps into the living room, and I threw myself on the sofa opposite the TV. I took the remote control , and I turned on the TV. Suddenly, I heard a crying baby. I didn't know where the baby was! I gently traced the baby' voice.Then, I found that the little baby who was crying on the chest of his mother was bleeding . I approached the baby slowly to touch his small  head ,but my hand touched the TV screen on an Arabic channel

jeopardylabs. Colorful

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Susan Anthony

I just read about Susan Anthony who worked on women's rights movement to introduce women's suffrage into the United States and she was one of the important advocates in leading the way for women's rights to be acknowledged. Unfortunately, I couldn't go with my classmate to her house .
However Khaild brought to me a lot of pictures and he explained to my about our trip .

Her house is intersting  .I ask khalid what is this flag ? but he forgot :(


so what is this flag??

Do you have synesthesia ??

I still to remember when I was schoolgirl, I asked my friends about the colors of figures , because I have been feeling that the figures have diffrent colors in my imagination. For example, 1 has a blue color, 5 has a red color, and 4 has a green color , but when I said this to my friends, they laughed a lot and said ," what is this ? Are you crazy!"

One of our teachers heard us. She said to me ," you love drawing and colors,so you merged everything with colors !."


 

however, I read in a newspaper 1 year ago about" Synesthesia". This phenomenon is joined sensation . "It refers to an involuntary physical experience in which the stimulation of one sense modality reliably causes an additional perception in a different sense or senses" .such us, sound , if you hear number 1 , you will imagin 1 has blue color . this is mixing between hearing and vision. I saw that in cartoon movie .when, there was bad smell , author of cartoon movie made this smell by a green color - I think the author has synesthesia.

Another finding is that most of artists have synesthesia, specialty those who use abstract of art. They depend on their imagination and that put the colors that they feel on their painting. Not just artists ,also, women have synesthesia more than men. In addtion heredity factor , so you can find this phenomenon in same family .

Finally , I understood . "Synesthesia" that way, I imagine every thing has diffrent colors. It is a case very enjoyable and help me a lot in my paintings.

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Pregnancy Food

pregnant women are interested in nutrition. The Baby needs good and  balanced nutrition,  in order to help the natural growth of the fetus, so they are looking for  best food for their baby.  The pregnant  women dependent  on a lot of resources to take her information  . First, her mother gives her a alot of traditional foods about  pregnancy food. For example, one of the important food in KSA is dates with milk , also hot water with honey or milk with honey.  These foods help the pregnant women and give her all food items, also help her during childbirth and after it

Second, they use books or the internet to find  good information about pregnancy food . Most pregnant women put pictures of the food pyramid on refrigerator to organize their meals. 

Finally,  the most importance eat gobs of fruits and vegetables during the period of pregnancy and don't eat up more than you need becuse many people consider the pregnant needs eat for two person  and this is wrong

Polish Heroes

My Grandchild :


 The wrinkles of my face have a lot of stories  about  the war against the Jews. My lens eyes that change their color with time,  took a lot painful photos . I was survivor among my family when  the murder of Jews by Germans . My father, my two brothers and my older sister were rounded by German, then they were immediately killed in the gas chambers .  I was child even i didn't what Jews means. My mother and I  had a inmate  that  making my mother determined to find a way to escape. She could do that to survive our life
I am writing this letter to know that all wars are painful, not only what happened to the Jews. The necessary always to defend the dignity of the human, to live better than to live between the wars and bloodshed.


 I always wonder, why the war started. Perhaps because of money or glory or fame or even freedom?!!!!!!!



The war does not leave anything , except  hunger and nakedness, and ignorance

With my best wishes




Grandmother

My Wrok

I produced this piece of work of cardboard and paper 4A. When I was working, I didn't care about what school of art I belong to. I just worked for good feeling . In this work , I was thinking about the"disabled".That is, people who can't do something because they have some problems like deaf people, so I studied the sign Language and I loved it. I could use my hands to explain something.
I wonder what people think about that situation. If you can't hear, how will you feel ?

I remembered Thomas Edison . When he was asked about his inability to hear and that was in World War I , he answered " I am better than anyone in the world because I can't hear the mess around me, so I can concentrate on my work and produce well

The Happiness

While I was surfing the internet, I found a topic about (Happiness). I've wondered what happiness means , which country could own happiness.I tried to define happiness, but I couldn't because happiness depends on how people see it. Some people find happiness in money, so they work hard and save money to feel happiness. Others see happiness in success. Also, many people think happiness is in good health or good emotions and nice feelings..

However,the king of Bhutan ــــa country located at the eastern end of the Himalayasــــ had a different view of happiness. He has gathered all causes of happiness in his country, so 90% of the people in Butan are happy. This is because the King didn't take care of economy only.In fact, he was developing the economy with interest, emotional and spiritual will of his people. He decided to make his people happy. Furthermore, the King took care of preservation of the environment, customs and traditions. Also, he took care of health and education.
It seems to me that the poeple in Bhutan aren't happy. They have a great sense of satisfaction, but that doesn't mean they are happy "contentment is an everlasting treasure. " 
Finally, I can say that happiness is at the hand everyone,  so you can make your happiness by yourself.