A poem of humanity for gaza — sadia hakim

Woe be to the soul that betrays its own heart, that forgets the pulse of justice in its chest, that sells its voice for power and its peace for comfort. And woe be to my pen if it can’t write about humanity, if it can’t capture the screams, the silence, the broken hearts. And woe […]

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You must live before you die.

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Rare love takes time. You are not late.

Don’t let social media or characterless people make you believe that you’re getting too old to be someone’s first love. There are many people who haven’t experienced their first love yet, many souls like you who long for one person to spend their life with, instead of switching people like clothes and shoes. There are […]

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I had never known resentment until

Resentment— I had never known this feeling until I saw my parents hate me yet love other kids devotedly. More times than I can count, I have sat on the stairs, watching them laugh and tolerate those kids—their most vulgar language, their unbearable moves—and thought: If only they had poured this love and patience into […]

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Hold my face in the curves of your hands and tell me

I am tired, I am tired, I am tired. Somebody, please hold my heart and tell me it will be fine, that it will end, that it will end — this life, and its agonies.

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For whom are you performing in the theater of life

For whom are you performing in the theater of life? Everyone’s got their own script, theater — everyone’s playing their own theater.

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Betrayed by family and friends — life poetry

The first betrayal always comes from family, and the second from friends. // sadia’s writing journal

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The threshing processes of life separates humans from people

Just like wheat and chaff get separated upon violent shaking, some experiences of life also distinguish people from others. These are meant to separate the genuine from the false. Life is just a series of threshing processes designed for humans and people. The threshing processes of life separates humans from people. — Sadia Hakim — […]

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A listening ear has a talking mouth as well — Sadia Hakim

Not everyone who listens deserves to hear your story. A listening ear has a talking mouth as well.

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Don’t credit my pain for my resilience and strength

Don’t credit my wounds, wars, and scars for the strength I had to build to stand life.
— Sadia Hakim | Quote Bites

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