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January 24, 2005
All Good
In the end, it’s all okay
January 23, 2005
At the Snowcap
By Mohja Kahf 12 Dhu'l-Hijjah 1425 - Poem 12 Eid al-Adha, Day 3 Behold, Abraham said, “My lord, show me how thou givest life to the dead. He said “Dost thou not then believe?” He said “Yea, but to...
Lifting the Hajar Heel
What she needed most
was right there all along
January 21, 2005
The Festival of Healing
Did we not find you cruel and hard
and soften you with kindness?
January 20, 2005
Hagar No Roses
Detail from "Wilted Roses" ©Joan Everds By Mohja Kahf 9 Dhu'l-Hijjah 1425 - Poem 9 I only understood Hajar when my baby got a fever It was late & we were just off Medicaid & above the poverty line...
Hagar at the AIDS March
8 Dhu'l-Hijjah 1425 - Poem 8 By Mohja Kahf The pious, hiding in the mosque, won’t come out for the AIDS march, say the world's a cheap trinket and suffering's a ticket to a better show They want to...
January 18, 2005
Sarah’s Laugh II
7 Dhu'l-Hijjah 1425 - Poem 7 By Mohja Kahf I think I get it now Stories aren’t over till they’re over The meaning changes as the narrative unfolds Ismail had to come before Ishaq Hajar had to pass through...
Hagar in America
6 Dhu'l-Hijjah 1425 - Poem 6 By Mohja Kahf We came over together I spoke no English He had a mission: grad school, then it’s back to save the masses Here I am now with the baby on my...
January 16, 2005
Sarah's Egypt Diary
Excerpts from “Sarah’s Egypt Diary” (a long multi-section poem telling the story of her journey with Ibrahim to Egypt, and their ordeal with the sexual predator king there) 5 Dhu'l-Hijjah 1425 - Poem 5 By Mohja Kahf I set...
January 15, 2005
The Fire of Hajar
woman beyond our ken, out in a bigger world,
midwifing new earth. This was another trial by fire
January 14, 2005
The Water of Hagar
After the god who requires blood and obedience,
how do you find water?
January 13, 2005
The First Thing
The horizon is a razor
I moved across, severing
great expanses, slates
of earth, sediment
of ancient seas, toward this
revelation
January 12, 2005
Hagar in the Valley
It is hard to understand the will of God
Hard when the child is hoarse with thirst
and makes noises like a hurt animal
and what has he done to offend God?
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