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The Revelations of an Immigrant
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Comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}. The Revelations of an Immigrant. Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Of Feline and Affinity. When I first set eyes on you, you pushed your warm brow against my forehead, more forcefully than I ever expected. Your emerald eyes looked into mine and we spoke for the first time. Chien looked on amazed. 'ZZ, he adores you! I had already fallen in love. Intelligence defined your every movement. And whenever you chose to fly, you soared. The heights that you climbed stunned me...
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The Revelations of an Immigrant
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Comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}. The Revelations of an Immigrant. Thursday, January 15, 2004. Basil’s voice trailed as he attempted a not-so-philharmonic rendition of Eruption's, ‘Illusion’ then, a chart hit, in the eighties. The same old sign would read. They have Kabab for breakfast, these people! Will you stop making fun of these poor people! At least they eat to their hearts content! What do you have for breakfast, anyway? There was one main street, where people thronged in and out, Dishdashas, and ...
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The Revelations of an Immigrant
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Comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}. The Revelations of an Immigrant. Monday, August 11, 2014. For Leena; In Memoriam. They say pictures speak a thousand wordsand they do. A Christmas family photo; in it, you seem to have persevered; Bashir gone, and you’re a single mother in your thirties, caring for three young girls and smiling, your contagious, one-of-a-kind Leena grin. I remember the lines I wrote for Bashir, quoting Dylan Thomas, ‘Rage, Rage, against the dying of the light! Posted by Z Alani @ 8:50 AM.
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The Revelations of an Immigrant
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Comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}. The Revelations of an Immigrant. Monday, January 19, 2004. Hey say that you are a Kurd. We’re going to turn you into Mr. Hyde! You are worth the honor! You should be proud to have been chosen.’. Sarbast looked away. He turned his eyes towards an invisible God, somewhere above the ceiling fan, who must be watching this happen, in this dingy office, behind a rusty metal desk. Who else could he turn to? Sir, I cannot. Can you please not grant someone else this honor? You ha...
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The Revelations of an Immigrant
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Comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}. The Revelations of an Immigrant. Friday, January 09, 2004. He words fly past me and above me.planes diving and crashing, and compensations.heavy compensations follow. I want my compensation too. I was stripped from the heart of my beloved father to continue down an unknown path of promised sweetness.there was no sweetness. His bitter tears were all I tasted.they seemed mixed with the smog of the consecutive wars.the carbon bit my tongue. Posted by Z Alani @ 9:47 PM.
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The Revelations of an Immigrant
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Comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}. The Revelations of an Immigrant. Tuesday, October 27, 2009. My Speech at the National Assembly to End the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and Occupations Conference. Http:/ www.huffingtonpost.com/zaineb-alani/my-speech-at-the-national b 237719.html. Why do American policy-makers never learn from history? How can you render 2 million war widows married wives again? And how can you give back a lost parent to 5 million Iraqi orphans? In Iraq today, there is a detention nightmare,...
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The Revelations of an Immigrant
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Comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}. The Revelations of an Immigrant. Tuesday, May 09, 2006. This letter was Published in the Columbus Dispatch on Saturday, May 20, 2006, under the title 'Give Iraqis a Chance to Fix Their Country on Their Own'. Http:/ www.dispatch.com/editorials-story.php? A word she had most probably picked up in my father's endless political debates with friends and family and sometimes himself. "Who taught you these words? My mother asked in curiosity. "Oh! What has happened to Iraq?
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The Revelations of an Immigrant
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Comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}. The Revelations of an Immigrant. Wednesday, April 20, 2005. Letter in response to an 'optimistic' US Army Personnel:. Original Message - - -. From: Morrow, James L. Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 12:22. PMSubject: RE: Pictures from Iraq. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMYJOINT CONTRACTING COMMAND - IRAQAPO AE 09316James Morrow / Contract Management. Date: 05, April 2005Attn: Z. Alani. Original Message- - -. Sent: 06 April 2005 03:30. To: Morrow, James L. I don't think so. The 'ex-reg...
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The Revelations of an Immigrant
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Comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}. The Revelations of an Immigrant. Wednesday, September 14, 2005. Letter to the Columbus Dispatch, published in the Editorial page on Monday, September 12, 2005. Bad planning hurt U.S. in Iraq, Gulf Coast. No one can tell a superpower that it mishandled a crisis at home any more than one can tell it that it has mishandled an invasion overseas. The reconstruction in Iraq will not happen anytime soon due to lack of planning. At home, relief came days late, after the ...
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Other Words: January 2014
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Monday, January 27, 2014. Inquisitions tug out my thoughts. Like damp hair strands,. In a dying comb,. Toss them in sweat drops. On the cold mattress. Dark pearls of saturated desire. Are born on your brow,. As tiny dreams of contentment, attempt. To squeeze their way to my sanity. You do not falter. As you take,. All that you assume is yours for the taking. Mercy opens a window in your mind,. A mere molecule in your memory trickles. Posted by Z Alani @ 12:12 PM. View my complete profile.
