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

Sheri Laizer by Sheri Laizer
March 19, 2023
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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.

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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.

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