http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2007/10/03/a-poem-from-guantanamo-ode-to-the-sea-by-ibrahim-al-rubaish/ Investigative journalist, author, filmmaker and Guantanamo expert Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:40:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2007/10/03/a-poem-from-guantanamo-ode-to-the-sea-by-ibrahim-al-rubaish/comment-page-1/#comment-31056 Samra Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:49:46 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=135#comment-31056 Talent and creativity arise when it is most needed and this poem is an example of deep literature that arose in circumstances where none of us could ever comprehend. May these words live forever and may your patience be a key to your heaven. Talent and creativity arise when it is most needed and this poem is an example of deep literature that arose in circumstances where none of us could ever comprehend. May these words live forever and may your patience be a key to your heaven.

]]> http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2007/10/03/a-poem-from-guantanamo-ode-to-the-sea-by-ibrahim-al-rubaish/comment-page-1/#comment-15055 Dear Kitty. Some blog :: Poetry, even in the infernos of Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib :: February :: 2008 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:42:53 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=135#comment-15055 [...] Ibrahim al-Rubaish, a religious scholar who was arrested in Pakistan, apostrophises the oceans that separate him from his home. Nevertheless, his poem and this book ends on a realisation of the importance of the act of versification. “The poet’s words are the font of our power/His verse is the salve for our pained hearts.” Not only for himself, but for all who read his words. [...] [...] Ibrahim al-Rubaish, a religious scholar who was arrested in Pakistan, apostrophises the oceans that separate him from his home. Nevertheless, his poem and this book ends on a realisation of the importance of the act of versification. “The poet’s words are the font of our power/His verse is the salve for our pained hearts.” Not only for himself, but for all who read his words. [...]

]]> http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2007/10/03/a-poem-from-guantanamo-ode-to-the-sea-by-ibrahim-al-rubaish/comment-page-1/#comment-6526 farah Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:36:06 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=135#comment-6526 Beautiful, touching and such a good reminder to all of us.. may Allah not let his words have been in vain and allow us to take heed, learn and take action.. the men who have done no wrong yet suffer for their deen - they are our role models, they are our heroes.. let these heroes be known and their words resound throughout the ummah.. Beautiful, touching and such a good reminder to all of us.. may Allah not let his words have been in vain and allow us to take heed, learn and take action.. the men who have done no wrong yet suffer for their deen – they are our role models, they are our heroes.. let these heroes be known and their words resound throughout the ummah..

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