The .......ing game

Wanting

Waiting

Smiling

Having

Feeling

then

Resenting

Disliking

Realising

Hating

then

Leaving

~Hanya~

A strand of the past

How is it possible for you to own such feelings you lay claim to have for me

yet you lead your life without me

To reminisce with small fragments of the past in your fingers

yet not claim the right to touch my being with your hands

To speak of the precious times gone by

but to not touch my soul with your voice

How is it possible?

Hanya

Dust off the books

From time to time I will start reading a book hoping that I will be unable to put it down currently I am reading Wild Swans authored by Jung Chang and am taken back in time to China in a mesmerising story of survival. 

I need to pick up novels more often and make time to escape more frequent

Hanya

Gaza

July 2014 will always be the month of Gaza for me - although the Palestinians have been subjected to this pain since 1948 - my acute awareness of their crisis hit hard this year, it changed my perception of the world, its so called leaders and the realisation that human beings can behave in such a disgusting, vile and inhumane way towards fellow brothers, sisters and children. 

Contradictory to the thoughts of many this was not a religious,ethnic or cultural battle but one of humanity.

Love and compassion is what drove me - the unjust treatment of innocent children, mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters. 

My heart tore at the images of these people, these beautiful people being torn apart.

#freegaza

#freepalestine

#savegaza

Hanya x 

The Orange Moon

cannot sleep
looked out the window and cannot believe how orange the moon is
it is burning
burning like my heart for the children of Gaza
not the best photo but it reassured me that there is a greater power out there
greater than Israel's missiles
greater than Obama's betrayal in his speech
the power of God will supersede these nations and their agendas

Hanya 

Their heart beats on.........

The People of Gaza teach us what pain and courage really is 

we should be ashamed

the world should be ashamed

Gaza we let you down

My heart is sad

Hanya x 

My Heart bled - and then broke for Shaima

My heart bled for Shaima - this beautiful baby born from her dead mother - a miracle in itself.
My heart broke a few days later as beautiful Shaima left this world - just 4 days on this earth.
This angel taken away to be reunited with her mother. May Allah bless this child and her mother. Ameen

Hanya

Ayanah - The Protester

Protesting against the illegal occupation of the Nation of P.A.L.E.S.T.I.N.E  - at the age of five years old, Ayanah accepted that we were standing in the heat and protesting so that all her friends who live in Palestine can have a home like hers, teaching our children to empathise with others is crucial.

Hanya x 

F R E E G A Z A

Enough

Saturated to the point of exhaustion....mind numbing visuals.....heart stopping footage.....praying for the atrocities to STOP. need to sleep. Struggling.

#freegaza
#freepalestine
#stopkillingthechildrenofgaza
#juststop

Home - where I place my head

A place called home

my home

I never wanted a mansion

just a place called home

my home

I never wanted grand furniture

just a comfy chair

my chair

I never wanted expensive furnishings

just a comfy bed

my bed

I never wanted glamour

just a sense of style

my style

I never wanted a show home

just a choice

my choice

I am blessed with what I wanted

I am grateful for what I have

my home

Home Sweet Home

Hanya
x

The walk

its your road, and yours alone

others may walk it with you

but no one else can walk it for you

~ Rumi ~

2014

Resolutions made to be undone? 
Vows made to be broken?
Promises spoken to be crushed? 
Love made to be lost? 
Hearts made to bleed?
If this is all my doing?
Then be gone my love 
I can hold me close 
I can love me more
I can save me 
but 
YOU
I can not save
I can not love
I can not hold 
selfish? 
heartless? 
brutal? 
seal your lips 
let the answers remain untold 
H x