[nizariat]

Maybe the moon is beautiful only because it is far. لربما القمر ليس جميلا إلا لأنه بعيد

Mahmoud Darwish (via nizariat)

[olearypoetry]

[nizariat]

قل لهم أنني كنت أدفأ مكان عرفت، وأنك جعلتني باردا

[sara21h-deactivated20181207]

إن النفس الكئيبة تجد راحة بالعزلة والانفراد فتهجر الناس مثلما يبتعد الغزال الجريح عن سربه ويتوارى في كهفه حتى يبرأ أو يموت

جبران خليل جبران (via sara21h)

The sad soul finds rest in isolation and loneliness. It deserts people like the wounded deer does with its herd, hiding in its cave till it’s healed or dead.

(via nizariat)

[nizariat]

Mercy O Lord, I don’t ask for justice, God, take me if her path was wrong, Let her be where she can see me, Or let me be where I can see her رحمة رب ، لست أسأل عدلاً رب خذني إن أخطأت بخطاها دع سليمى تكون حيث تراني أو فدعني أكون حيث أراها

Bechara El Khoury

(via nizariat)

[sevastopoltales-deactivated2021]

This native land, this love made me an heir to wounds for which I have no name.

From the poem, ‘A State of Mind That Defies Description or Definition’ by Kurdish poet Farhad Shakely. (via saint-zissou)

[dasfinanzamt-deactivated2026030]

Jews from Kurdistan on their way to Israel

[lilthot]

[luthienne]

I feel very small. I don’t understand. I have so much courage, fire, energy, for many things, yet I get so hurt, so wounded by small things.

Anaïs Nin, from Nearer the Moon: The Previously Unpublished Unexpurgated Diary, 1937-1939 (via luthienne)

[dasfinanzamt-deactivated2026030]

Eastern Kurdistan, 1970s by Michel Setboun

[dontratoutyourfriends-moved]

(Image text: “I will no longer entertain debate about my right to exist.”)

Gender Troubles: The Butches

[darehinare]

These are photos I took at the Kurdish Textile Museum in Hewler, Southern Kurdistan showing various Kurdish tribes’ rug designs. All of these were woven.

1. Erbil plain - natural dyes, early 1900′s 2. Erbil plain - natural and synthetic dyes, early 1900′s 3. Erbil plain - natural dyes, early 1900′s 4. Nomadic Kurdish tribe - natural dyes, mid-1900′s 5. Heroti tribe - natural dyes, mid-1900′s 6. Herki tribe - natural dyes, mid-1900′s 7. Khanaqin (Xaneqin) - natural dyes, mid-1900′s 8. Sine, Eastern Kurdistan - natural dyes, early 1900′s 9. Zakho (Zaxo) - natural dyes, early 1900′s 10. Germiyan - natural dyes, early 1900′s

[maisiewilliams]

[minimalistgrufti]

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baby gets a facial

[shezinlove]

@tomfordvelvetorchid

[arabic-posts]

“There’s nothing worse than being strong to the point where no one suspects that you need help.“

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

All that once hurt (healed) goes on hurting in new ways.

Denise Levertov, from Poems: 1960 - 1967; “Joie de Vivre,” (via violentwavesofemotion)

[youngmajnoon]

‏يا مقلب القلوب ثبت قلبي على دينك‏

O’ Turner of hearts, keep my heart firm upon your religion.

[love1etter]