• About
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact
iKurd News
Monday, July 27, 2026
No Result
View All Result
Follow @ikurdnews
  • Home
  • Kurdistan
    • Iraqi Kurdistan
      • Politics
        • Corruption
          • Leaked documents
      • Journalism
        • Freedom of expression
        • Human rights
      • Business
        • Oil & Gas
        • Aviation
        • Finance & Banking
        • Tourism
        • Trading
        • Smuggling
      • Community
        • People
        • Yazidis
        • Christians
        • Islam
        • Jews
        • Feyli
        • Refugees
        • Shabaks
        • Turkmen
      • Environment
        • Agriculture
        • Animals
        • Nature
        • Pollution
      • Travel
      • Culture
        • Art
        • Book
        • Cinema
      • Military
    • Iranian Kurdistan
    • Syrian Kurdistan
    • Turkey Kurdistan
      • Politics
      • PKK
      • Bakur Kurdistan
  • Iraq
    • Politics
    • General
    • Economy
    • Shiites
    • Security
  • World
    • Europe
      • Germany
      • France
      • Ukraine
      • Russia
    • United States
    • Asia
      • China
      • Pakistan
        • Balochistan
      • Afghanistan
    • Africa
  • Middle East
    • Israel
    • Egypt
    • Iran
    • Iraq
    • Turkey
    • Qatar
    • Lebanon
    • UAE
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Syria
  • Contributions
    • Exclusive
    • Opinions
  • About
    • About iKurd News
    • Contributing writers
    • Don’t be quiet
    • Terms of Service
    • Contact Us
  • All News
  • Exchange Rates
  • Home
  • Kurdistan
    • Iraqi Kurdistan
      • Politics
        • Corruption
          • Leaked documents
      • Journalism
        • Freedom of expression
        • Human rights
      • Business
        • Oil & Gas
        • Aviation
        • Finance & Banking
        • Tourism
        • Trading
        • Smuggling
      • Community
        • People
        • Yazidis
        • Christians
        • Islam
        • Jews
        • Feyli
        • Refugees
        • Shabaks
        • Turkmen
      • Environment
        • Agriculture
        • Animals
        • Nature
        • Pollution
      • Travel
      • Culture
        • Art
        • Book
        • Cinema
      • Military
    • Iranian Kurdistan
    • Syrian Kurdistan
    • Turkey Kurdistan
      • Politics
      • PKK
      • Bakur Kurdistan
  • Iraq
    • Politics
    • General
    • Economy
    • Shiites
    • Security
  • World
    • Europe
      • Germany
      • France
      • Ukraine
      • Russia
    • United States
    • Asia
      • China
      • Pakistan
        • Balochistan
      • Afghanistan
    • Africa
  • Middle East
    • Israel
    • Egypt
    • Iran
    • Iraq
    • Turkey
    • Qatar
    • Lebanon
    • UAE
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Syria
  • Contributions
    • Exclusive
    • Opinions
  • About
    • About iKurd News
    • Contributing writers
    • Don’t be quiet
    • Terms of Service
    • Contact Us
  • All News
  • Exchange Rates
No Result
View All Result
iKurd News
No Result
View All Result
Home Contributions

‘Good morning, Iraq’ A Genie in the Vase: Poem

Sheri Laizer by Sheri Laizer
March 19, 2023
in Contributions
Good morning, Iraq A Genie in the Vase: Poem
A view of the Al Salam Palace with giant busts of the Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein, on four corners. It was partly destroyed by aerial bombardment through the roof and then ransacked from below when left unguarded. Photo: Public domain/United States Air Force.

Sheri Laizer | iKurd.net

How near and true

The crooked moon

Hanging over Kâzımeyn

Twenty Ramazans have waxed

Since shock destroyed the calm,

Gilded murderers in the palaces

Piling lies beneath their mirrors

Broken monuments to

Two million silenced voices.

Sheri Laizer, a Middle East and North African expert specialist and well known commentator on the Kurdish issue. She is a senior contributing writer for iKurd.net. More about Sheri Laizer see below.

The opinions are those of the writer and do not necessarily represent the views of iKurd.net or its editors.

Copyright © 2023 iKurd.net. All rights reserved

Related posts:

Iraq: Revenge and Corruption The 19th Anniversary of the U.S. Invasion of Iraq, 20 March 2022 Saddam Hussein was a Friend to the West Baath Party founder Michel AflaqThe Resurrection (Ba’ath) Party – Before the Iran-Iraq War The Truth About The Saddam Hussein Affair Saddam Hussein’s Enemies: Paving the Road to the Invasion of Iraq The Mustashar and the Jash – A View from the Position of ‘Iraqi National Unity’ on the ‘Descendants of Treason’ Former Iraqi dictator Saddam HusseinSaddam Hussein…The Hell That is Iraq!? John Nixon, former senior CIA analystSaddam Hussein – Hunted, Hidden, Betrayed – And Hanged Iraqi leader and prime minister Abd al-Karim QasimIraq comes full circle: The rehabilitation of Abd al-Karim Qasim
Sheri Laizer

Sheri Laizer

Sheri Laizer, a Middle East and North African expert specialist and well known commentator on the Kurdish issue. She is the author of several books concerning the Middle East and Kurdish issues: Love Letters to a Brigand (Poetry & Photographs); Into Kurdistan-Frontiers Under Fire; Martyrs, Traitors and Patriots - Kurdistan after the Gulf War; Sehitler, Hainler ve Yurtseverler (Turkish edition updated to 2004). They have been translated into Kurmanji, Sorani, Farsi, Arabic and Turkish. Longtime contributing writer for iKurd.net.

Archive

Recent News

A composite photo os the 21-year old suspect identified by police as Abdul B. in a public call for his arrest, after a vehicle rammed down the crowd near Berlin's CSD celebrations, Germany's largest LGBTQ+ Pride celebration, on July 25, 2026, killing one person and wounding several, Photo: Polizei Berlin/Screengrab Tit Tok/via iKurd.net.

Berlin Pride attack likely Islamist, Germany says

July 26, 2026
Masrour Barzani meets with Arabs, Turkmen, Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, December 17, 2024. Photo: K24/enhanced by iKurd.net

Massoud Barzani, Stop Selling Kurdistan to Arabs

July 26, 2026
A man has been publicly hanged in Iran

Who Are the Persians? – Part IX

July 25, 2026
Iraqi Kurdish man starlink internet tablet dish 2026 iKurd net AI

Can Starlink End the Internet Monopoly in Iraqi Kurdistan Region?

July 25, 2026

Exchange Rates

CurrencyRate
iKurd News

iKurd News

Independent Kurdistan & Global News.
Truthful. Trusted. Unbiased.
Powered by the Former Ekurd Daily Team.
20 Years of Independent Journalism.

Follow Us

Browse by Category

Recent News

A composite photo os the 21-year old suspect identified by police as Abdul B. in a public call for his arrest, after a vehicle rammed down the crowd near Berlin's CSD celebrations, Germany's largest LGBTQ+ Pride celebration, on July 25, 2026, killing one person and wounding several, Photo: Polizei Berlin/Screengrab Tit Tok/via iKurd.net.

Berlin Pride attack likely Islamist, Germany says

July 26, 2026
Masrour Barzani meets with Arabs, Turkmen, Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, December 17, 2024. Photo: K24/enhanced by iKurd.net

Massoud Barzani, Stop Selling Kurdistan to Arabs

July 26, 2026

Support us:

  • About
  • Terms of Service
  • Sitemap
  • iKurd’s contributing writers
  • About
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact

© 2026 iKurd.net All rights reserved. Independent Kurdistan Daily Newspaper. ✡ עיתון יומי כורדיסטן העצמאי, - 库尔德斯坦和世界新闻

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Kurdistan
    • Iraqi Kurdistan
      • Politics
      • Journalism
      • Business
      • Community
      • Environment
      • Travel
      • Culture
      • Military
    • Iranian Kurdistan
    • Syrian Kurdistan
    • Turkey Kurdistan
      • Politics
      • PKK
      • Bakur Kurdistan
  • Iraq
    • Politics
    • General
    • Economy
    • Shiites
    • Security
  • World
    • Europe
      • Germany
      • France
      • Ukraine
      • Russia
    • United States
    • Asia
      • China
      • Pakistan
      • Afghanistan
    • Africa
  • Middle East
    • Israel
    • Egypt
    • Iran
    • Iraq
    • Turkey
    • Qatar
    • Lebanon
    • UAE
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Syria
  • Contributions
    • Exclusive
    • Opinions
  • About
    • About iKurd News
    • Contributing writers
    • Don’t be quiet
    • Terms of Service
    • Contact Us
  • All News
  • Exchange Rates

© 2026 iKurd.net All rights reserved. Independent Kurdistan Daily Newspaper. ✡ עיתון יומי כורדיסטן העצמאי, - 库尔德斯坦和世界新闻

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.