Arabic Caligraphy
In 2018, Mr. Hajj Wafaa ran a course in Arabic calligraphy at Worcester Art Museum; I was the first to sign up. It was a pleasure to go back to my roots and learn how to write my mother tongue artistically.
Wish I Were A Bamboo
"If only I were like the bamboo tree, free of attachments. We cut off a part of its stalk and plant it, without roots, in any land. It does not take the stalk long to grow new roots. They grow again in a new land without a past, without a memory. It does not care about the different names people call it: kawayan in the Philippines, khayzaran in Kuwait or bamboo in other places."
Amber Tears
Amber teardrops
Tug vines in light breeze
Daring to fly
- Poem by Maya Asbridge
دموع عنبرية
تلعب بين اغصان الكرمة في النسيم
تحلم بالطيران
Black Lotus
The Happiness of the lotus
flower is born from suffering
سعادة اللوتس تولد من المعانة
Sighs of Iraq
"I am a tired heart
Just like Jerusalem, just like Damascus
Just like love in the hands of separation
There is unbearable sadness in you
You are the sighs of Iraq."
