This is the world, friend,
where they have money for
war but can’t feed the poor.— Mosab Abu Toha, et al, from “Ceasefire Cento,” published by Vox Populi
This is the world, friend,
where they have money for
war but can’t feed the poor.— Mosab Abu Toha, et al, from “Ceasefire Cento,” published by Vox Populi
بعنوان “دعبسات بيت جدتي”
تصوير : سارة انور
When Jaun Elia asked umr guzregi imtehan mei kya?
When RFAK sang sitaron se aage jahan aur bhi hain abhi Ishq ke imtehan aur bhi hain
When Faiz said aur bhi dukh hain zamane mei mohabbat ke siwa
When Oscar Wilde wrote to live is the rarest thing in the world some people just exist that’s all.
When Naseer Turabi wrote zindagi khaak na thi khaak udate guzri
When Lucius Seneca wrote sometimes even to live is an act of courage
And When Lata Mangeshkar sang muskurayen toh muskurane ke qarz utarne honge
I believe that life isn’t easy for any of us.
“We circled each other, wary, abandoned, full of longing.”— Jeanette Winterson, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?