* status in context *
I will say the words.
Even if saying them puts my very life in danger.
I will say my words.
I will stand with you, sister, and fight for your right until my very last breath, until my very last words.
Even if I am the only one standing with you.
Because I am not a hypocrite.
And I am not afraid of them!
I will say the words
I will say my words
Even if it means my very life is in danger.
p.s. this is not a poem. these words are not slogans. this is my truth, my reality, and this is a status in context. a real, potentially life-threatening context.
(c) khulud khamis | September 2016
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a Palestinian feminist writer, born to a Slovak mother and a Palestinian father. Growing up in two countries and between two cultures, my identity is composed of both, and my multicultural background affects my writing. I write fiction, poetry and non-fiction fragments. My first novel, “Haifa Fragments,” was published in 2015 by Spinifex Press (Australia), New Internationalist (UK), and translated into Italian and Turkish. I hold a Master’s degree in English Literature from the University of Haifa. In my fiction, poetry, as well as non-fiction, I deal with political and social issues such as identity, belonging, racism and discrimination, art as political resistance, hard-core social taboos in the Palestinian society, and issues affecting women and the LGBTQI community, all from a feminist perspective. I’m a member of the radical feminist collective Isha L’Isha – Haifa Feminist Center, and live with my daughter in Haifa.
website: khuludkhamis.com
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