‘Palestine’

I come from the smell of olives. I come from flight P1948, from the bright dawn light of arrival. I come from trees, warmth, war; I come from fights and bombs, from love and sorrow. I come from a small village; from broad spacious streets where vine leaves wrap around the branches that climb the walls of houses; from beautiful markets with stalls selling grapes and melons and strawberries. I come from the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, Al-Aqsa Mosque. I come from May the 14^th. I come from the little cracks in the corners of the streets and from the houses with bullet holes in the walls. I come from the glazing heat, from the prayer to God to create some sort of peace. I come from the ‘I’ve lost my son’, and from the tears that roll down wrinkled cheeks. From bodies draped in bleached white linen. I come fromthe land that isn’t present anymore, from the thick accent of the Middle East. I come from sadness and kindness, from hope and grief. I come from oppression and I come from silence. I come from the people of Palestine. I come from the voiceless and the mute. I come from the key to the truth; from civil rights and the unstable; from the lost and taken. I come from the heart of inequality.

-R

First Story

In the start of September 2014, I began studying for my A-levels at Sixth form. Many of my friends know I love writing and many encourage me to do so. Towards the end of September, the English Department at my school opened a writing workshop through a company called ‘First Story’ at our school.

To enter, you had to write a piece including the phrase ”Take it, here it is” or something like that, I’ve forgotten. So I decided to write something, wrote it, about to hand it in and like a fool backed out last minute. Deadline was approaching and my friends persuaded me to hand it in. The next day, I was pleased to hear that I was accepted…!

Nearly 8 months have gone by and were in the process of publishing a book consisting of 22 students writing and mine.

Our book launch date: 4th July 2014 

 

I also won 100 word story competition where my writing will be posted on a postcard and once all of this stuff is published I will share my writing with you guys 🙂

At the First Story open day workshop, at Oxford University I met Anthony Anaxagorou (poet and writer from North London) who I loved!

I bought his book, which I recommend to anyone who likes poetry.. 

 

Thanks for reading!

New Blog – welcome :)

Hello everyone!

So I’ve decided to create a new blog to begin to write (I don’t actually know about what). I doubt anyone will ever read this, but I will write anyway… I don’t even know what this blog will consist of. Anyway, if you’re reading this then I just want you to know that it is in the process of being built, as so it can develop and become what I want. – except I don’t actually know what that is haha. 

I hope you guys enjoy my future posts and I hope that I’m not being crazy and writing to nobody.

 

 

Bye guys 🙂