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Remi Kanazi – A Poem for Gaza

By Remi Kanazi • Dec 29th, 2008 • Category: Children's Corner, Israel, Music, Poetry, Events, Nakba and Right of Return, Newswire, Palestine, Resistance, War, Zionism

I never knew death until I saw the bombing of a refugee camp
Craters filled with disfigured ankles and splattered torsos
But no sign of a face, the only impression a fading scream
I never understood pain
Until a seven-year-old girl clutched my hand
Stared up at me with soft brown eyes, waiting for answers
But I didn't have any
I had [...]

Remi Kanazi – The Failed Logic of Supporting the Troops

By Remi Kanazi • Dec 16th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Features, Newswire, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, War

In the United States, a growing number of leftists are voicing their opposition to the Israeli occupation. They condemn the demolition of homes, the jailing of Palestinians without charge, and the confiscation of Palestinian land for settlements. They don't support the Israeli troops or their mission, nor do they give a free pass to those [...]

Remi Kanazi: To Exist is to Resist

By Remi Kanazi • Dec 10th, 2008 • Category: Culture and Heritage, Music, Poetry, Events, Newswire, Palestine, Resistance, Video

Palestinian New Yorker, Remi performs 2 of his poems.
In my mind
I’ve freed Palestine
Envisioned a dream
That just needs to be seen
Olive trees and fields of figs
Orange groves
That lead to our roads
No blocks filled with cops
No ten-year-olds shot
Freedom
Is what I got
I understand my grandmother’s plan
To live on her bought and paid for land
And though it isn’t in [...]