Sunday, March 04, 2007

Occupation Arabic 101
A Visual Poem


The first words I learned in Arabic were:

Marhaba
Hello

Yalla!

Let's go!

Habbibi
Dear one

Halas!
Enough!

Then I learned:

Ween jesh?Where's the army?


Il Jedar
The Wall

Gaaz
Tear Gas

Haajez
Checkpoint

Ana mein Amerika
I am from America


It was a long time before I learned to say:

Keef halek?
How are you?

Biddi shay, iza mumkin
I'd like tea, please

Aradak Jamel
Your land is beautiful

Asefa
I am sorry

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

:) I know what you mean

nuh ibn zbigniew gondek said...

As salaam alaikum.

I write for a Muslim audience. Inshallah, come by if you have some time to read.

Wa salaama,

nuh ibn