لسه الكلام ما انتهاش بيناوبرضه أحلامنا لسه في البداياتإيه ال ضيع حلمنا مناوقبل ما يتولد حبنا مات؟
صدفةً شاهدتنيفي رحلتي منيّ إليَمسرعا قبلتُ عينيَّوصافحتُ يديَّقلتُ لي: عفواً...فلا وقت لديَّأنا مضطرٌ لأن أتركني...بالله... سلم لي عليَّ
"In Montgomery, Alabama, 50,000 Negroes found a new way to work for freedom, without violence and without hating. Because they did, they put new hope in all men who seek brotherhood, and who know you don't build it with bullets."These words neatly sum up the impact of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, one of the early victories of the American Civil Rights movement. And they come not from a speech, or a historic plaque or a newspaper editorial.They are the opening lines of a comic book. "The Montgomery Story" was first published in 1956 by the Fellowship of Reconciliation to help spread the word of the boycott and Martin Luther King's message of non-violent protest. It was, had to be, a subversive move given the explosive hatreds of the day. Thousands of copies of the comic were destroyed.Thankfully, not all of them. More than fifty years after its first publication, the comic has inspired another human rights organization.Earlier this year, the American Islamic Congress translated "The Montgomery Story" into Arabic and distributed 2,000 copies throughout the Middle East.Dalia Ziada edited and translated the Arabic version. She is the North Africa director of the American Islamic Congress and she joins us from Cairo this morning.
The Poison Tree is not a traditional novel; it combines the techniques of blogging, journal-keeping, and formal writing while retaining one binding thought that keeps the story together; poison is the fertile ground that I, and many others, was born into; a poisoned culture nurtured my roots with suffocating traditions, taboos, and beliefs; poison runs through my stem.I branched out and my branches carried me far away from the roots and the ground. I questioned the tutoring of my conservative society and green leaves covered my bare branches. My tree bore its fruits; poisoned fruits that were the poison of many who dropped dead next to the solid stubborn tree.This is a book about love, marriage, divorce, sex, dating, virginity, adult dating, religion, shame, taboos, gender wars and fear that grew and blossomed on my poison tree.Dedicated to every female trying to break free and to every male who is willing to give her a chance.