Category: Creative Writing

by Ayyan Ali Our people are happy and in their prime, since the days of independence till the end of time. Blessed with honor and dignity they thrive, Reprimanded by none, they lead a joyous revive. While some struggle with obstacles and strain, our people are shielded from distress and pain. Their children draped in… Continue reading I Hear UAE Singing

by Jad Diab and Abdallah Soliman Queer tales they tell across the sea Of the Emirates, liberated They say in sands the people free And none be subjugated. There towers grand and ample hearths A people dressed in glee. Their smiles are wide, with wider hearts. Bright souls, they shine so free. There none be… Continue reading From Frederick Douglass to H.H. Sheikh Mohammad

by Hisham Riyan With the dusk’s fading Haze I’ll paint stars dying, The empty hopeless clouds coping with Tears Yet thought I, my eyes could feel the cool sears; Of your tantalizing torture you leave sighing Awaiting a golden laughter I couldn’t but scar My budding Valentine, be not I your czar ? For roses… Continue reading Stars Dying

الشاعرة المتألقة شهد جمال فازت في مسابقة “قلب شاعري: حلقة وصل إنسانية” على مستوى الخليج العربي. تشارك معنا شهد القصيدة التي كتبتها لهذه المسابقة. The talented Shahd Jamal participated and won in the competition “Poetic Heart” at the Gulf level. She shares with us her beautiful poem: يتساءلـونَ في كــلِ حيـــنٍ وبينَ طيّاتِ سؤالِهم تغفــو… Continue reading نبع الحنان

by Abdelfettah Erbai This imaginative poem is set during the Italian Civil War (1943-1945). The speaker is a Republican telling his wife that he will be part of a glorious fight for freedom. People are awakening outside my window Makes my adulation to sunlight even more Listening to the people’s march crescendo I can’t belie… Continue reading Poem: Bella Ciao My Love

by Hashim Riyan No, never again will the stars align for Images of Imagination seem so Frail; yet all I have Left now in my aching heart is my bold Ballad be it said stale; Through my sickly sights of vision prescribed, Pill by pill, dared I to dream, dream Again Fables untold by Blue I bled… Continue reading Grieve by Pen

by Rama Celine Mahmalji I often stand along and ask myself, what is love Is it the feeling that fills the emptiness in our souls, Or is it the butterflies that in thy stomach evolve, Oh, maybe it is just a way to ourselves console How many times do you fall in the dark Once,… Continue reading Sonnet: Love is a Lie

by Jana Waleed Listening to her speak, I was engulfed by the utter tenderness of her color. Just the sight of her speech sufficed to thaw out my frigid emotions, but not for long; I’d wait for months to view this orange color again. In the midst all this orange, I sensed a faint shadow… Continue reading Listening to Her Speak

by Sara Tahlak I was only 16 years old at the time when I had been faced with the biggest challenge that would change my life forever, and here is how it all began. I was born an only child into a family of peasants in a small village located not too far away from… Continue reading A Moral Dilemma

by Sara Tahlak “Ow”, I said as I began to lift myself up off of the ground smothered in snow.”Where am I?” I asked myself, placing a hand on my throbbing forehead. Everything around me was covered in a blanket of white, where icicles hung from pine trees, and crystal-like snowflakes that came in a… Continue reading Winter Wonderland