For all the الشهداء of the most recent Israeli agressions, in solidarity

Fragment from Mahmoud Darwish's "State of Siege"

A woman asked the cloud: please enfold my loved one
My clothes are soaked with his blood
If you shall not be rain, my love
Be trees
Saturated with fertility, be trees
And if you shall not be trees, my love
Be a stone
Saturated with humidity, be a stone
And if you shall not be a stone, my love
Be a moon
In the loved one’s dream, be a moon
So said a woman to her son
In his funeral
He goes on to add:
During the siege, time becomes a space
That has hardened in its eternity
During the siege, space becomes a time
That is late for its yesterday and tomorrow



Drawing from Emily Henochowicz's sketchbook available here: http://picasaweb.google.com/emily.henochowicz/SketcbookPart2#5369574655425644482




And we can definitely relate to this "Before and After" Palestine and Palestinians who've taught us so much
From Emily's blog: http://thirstypixels.blogspot.com/2010/05/me-to-then-me.html