Identity Card Poem No 12 All Palestinians require

Identity Card Poem No. : 12 ﺍﻟﻨﺺ ﺍﻟﻌﺮﺑﻲ : ﻻ ﻳﻮﺟﺪ All Palestinians require an identity card. They are often stopped and checked by Israeli authorities. Mahmoud Darwish http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=5 Xg. HKVhdaw. A

Imperative ; forceful and demanding language that captures the readers attention. Definitive statement of belonging. In Arabic it could also be said as ‘report’ or ‘listen up’. Write down ! I am an Arab And my identity card number is fifty thousand Palestinian Politics. Arab population is a threat to Israel dominance. I have eight children First Person. Very personal And the ninth will come after a summer Will you be angry? Rhetorical question. Perhaps sarcasm. Speaks to the authority of the Israelis. Juxtaposed with the opening statement

http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=LGn. F 4 v 0 Pja. Y http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=rs. X_NPi 9 u 30 Write down! Repetition for effect I am an Arab Alludes to the rocks Arab youth throw at Israeli checkpoints and convoys. Employed with fellow workers at a quarry I have eight children I get them bread Garments and books Symbolism. They belong to the very rock of Palestine from the rocks. . I do not supplicate charity at your doors Self-reliant. Will not take help from Israelis. Nor do I belittle myself at the footsteps of your chamber So will you be angry? Repetition of 2 nd person rhetorical question

Write down! I am an Arab Palestine without a nation. Waiting for justice. I have a name without a title Patient in a country Where people are enraged My roots Deep sense of belonging to Palestine. History and culture is embedded Hyperbole. Were entrenched before the birth of time And before the opening of the eras Before the pines, and the olive trees And before the grass grew Motif [reoccurring symbol] of earth and rock

Cultural belonging. Powerless but proud of heritage. My father… descends from the family of the plow Not from a privileged class Motif of earth and rock And my grandfather…was a farmer Neither well-bred, nor well-born! Teaches me the pride of the sun Before teaching me how to read . And my house is like a watchman's hut Marginalised. There is a feeling Arabs are considered 2 nd class citizens in Israel. Made of branches and cane Are you satisfied with my status? Rhetorical question. 2 nd person language directs the question to the reader I have a name without a title! Echoes of Palestine without a nation

Belonging and the dispossession of Palestinian land by the expansion of Israeli. Write down! I am an Arab You have stolen the orchards of my ancestors And the land which I cultivated Along with my children Irony: the only thing left to them is what Palestinian youth throw at the Israeli Army And you left nothing for us Except for these rocks… Motif of earth and rock. So will the State take them As it has been said? ! Rhetorical question

imperative Israel needs to pay attention Therefore! Write down on the top of the first page: I do not hate people Nor do I encroach But if I become hungry Resistance The usurper's flesh will be my food Beware. . Repetition emphasises the ongoing danger and resistance to Israel Beware. . Does this rhyme in Arabic Hyperbole. Stresses the ‘hunger’ Palestinians have for their land Of my hunger And my anger! .