Stones that sprouted legs Iqbal Tamimi Written for the memory of my Iraqi colleague Atwar Bahjat who was killed while reporting from Iraq. The bed of defeat has always been feminine. Ever since the sky was within reach a woman fluffing a... Read more
Give me time By Palestinian poet Iqbal Tamimi Give me time By Palestinian poet Iqbal Tamimi Gaza gave birth Her pavements smiled with red roses. Her children were shepherds of the morning dew She became pregnant with hope But the conspiracy... Read more
Iqbal Tamimi returns to the Spotlight with a poem she wrote after meeting Mariane Pearl, the author of A Mighty Heart who lost her husband, journalist and reporter Daniel Pearl when he was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in... Read more