Rifqa

“In Palestine death is sudden, instant, constant, happens in between breaths.”

This was such a beautiful and memorable collection of poetry written by Mohammed El-Kurd narrating his experiences growing up living under the Israeli government's army. While, I have only recently discovered and began to understand the true beauty that is poetry, I believe this has to be one of the best that I have read. Rifqa makes you feel such strong emotions and I highly recommend everyone to take the time and pick this up.

I am forever praying for a free Palestine.

This was beautiful, and especially poignant and painful to read now, given that the need for Palestinian liberation has only increased. Only rating it 4/5 because I'm not the most confident poetry reader? But that's a me issue, not an El-Kurd issue! Would recommend to anyone educating themselves about Palestine.

I talked to God but God never wore my shoes.