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Mountain of Light

I'm Muslim and American, among other things.

Illegal as a weapon against human beings, white phosphorus burns the body until it eats away the bone. water can't extinguish white phosphorus burning on the body. the only way to stop it from continuing to burn a human body is to remove all pieces of the body exposed to white phosphorus.

Poems I'm focused on

  • oh, but to travel, oh, but to dream...
    i will stand dutifully in your Security Screen
    30 lines, 9 comments, August 30, 2006. In Everyday Mysticism
  • "Add a poem"
    but the heart is a constricted, empty
    30 lines, 6 comments, July 9, 2006. In Other
  • flash in the darkest night
    silver weaves through the crowd
    13 lines, 12 comments, January 6, 2004. In Love, Contemporary

My Poetry

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My other items

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  • Column: Genocide (which Darfur isn't) at allpoetry
    Reading the LA Times today (January 5, 2009), one would never suspect that a genocide is underway in a tiny area of land east of Egypt, and west of the land occupied by the state of Israel.
  • Column: An American’s Journey to the Heart of Islamic Spirituality (Part 1) at allpoetry
    For two weeks in June – July 2007, I traveled with an American Muslim tour group to perform the ‘Umrah, or the Visitation (lesser pilgrimage) to the holy city of Makkah (Mecca, Saudi Arabia). As is traditionally done, we also visited the city of Madinah,

Guest Book

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  • abuyi on April 15
    phosphorus missiles are terrible.. its suppose to be banned and is considered as weapon of mass destruction.. yet Palestine burns with it.. its terrible
  • g r e y i s m on August 13, 2007
    oh nevermind now that I made the comment I see you live in LA. lol. I lived in the San Diego area, well it was technically North San Diego county. (Oceanside)
  • g r e y i s m on August 13, 2007
    I didn't know you lived in California. I don't know if you knew but I grew up there. In what area do you live? I still miss it.
  • less than a poet on December 30, 2006
    hey this is an awesome article u have bout haj i felt it more since my dad is there this year and i hope to go soon, thanks for caring about us lebanese i mean and eid mubarak to you too

    salam

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