House of Curiosity...

Words fail to describe my feelings… so I won’t say anything…
 
This is one of my favorite poems.. Marcel Khalifeh turned it into a song… It is so  harsh yet so tender… 
 

تصبحون على وطن
عندما يذهب الشهداء الى النوم أصحو
وأحرسهم من هواة الرِّثاء

 
أقول لهم :
تُصبحون على وطن،
من سحابٍ ومن شجرٍ،
من سراب وماء

أهنئُهُم بالسلامةِ من حادثِ المُستحيل
ومن قيمة [...]

I have not thought about Reem in a while. Actually, I am a bit dazzled that it has been 2 years since she passed away. I ran into her aunt a couple of days ago. I asked after Reems’s family. I sort of developed an odd kind of friendship with the family under the circumstances.
Suha [...]

I don’t know where to start, with the funeral itself or my impressions about a funeral in a church? Maybe this is supposed to be a sad post, but after leaving the church, a strange sense of peace swept over me.

The priest said he can’t express how difficult this is to everyone, because we all [...]

Reem died few days ago, she was 20 years old and died of cancer infused B cel lymphoma, if anyone is interested … well technically that was not the cause of death, but that is beside the point. Reem is related to me, I have met her few months ago at the hospital and I [...]