Free Tal Al-Mallouhi Free Tal: To Gandhi: You will always be a role model. By Tal Al-Mallouhi

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I will go with all the machines

I will not and will not stand still

Watch the passing procession
This is my country, with a palm tree and a drop of cloud

I’m in the grave

To me, it is more beautiful than the foggy city

From a city that doesn’t know me
I want to seize power, sir.

Even if one day, in order to establish a “Republic of Emotions”..

Tal Al-Malouhi is a Syrian poet and blogger born in 1991. She was arrested in Damascus on December 27, 2009, and her case is being closely followed by the International PEN (Books in Prison) Association.

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Tal Al-Malushi (Siria, 1991)

You will continue to be a role model

To Gandhi

I will walk with all who walk

and not

I won’t stand still

Just to see passers-by

This is my motherland

in

I have

A palm tree

A drop in the cloud

A tomb protects me

This is more beautiful

More foggy than any other city

and cities

Don’t know me

My master:

I wish I had the power

Even if it’s only for one day

Building a “Republic of Emotions”

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Tal Al-Mallouh, a Syrian poet and blogger with 19 years of experience, has been detained in Damascus since December 27, 2009, accused of “espionage”. Writers in Prison (WIP), an arm of PEN International, is handling the case.

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You will continue to be a role model

Gandhi

I will walk with everyone who walks by

No,

I won’t stand still

Just to watch other people walk

This is my motherland

Where am I

A palm

A drop in the cloud

There is a tomb to protect me

More beautiful

Better than all the cities covered in fog

And the cities that don’t know me

my teacher:

I wish I had the power

Even if it’s just for one day

To create Republic of China.

Translated by Stephanie Golish

Tal Al-Mallouhi is a 19-year-old Syrian blogger and poet who has been detained in Damascus since December 27, 2009, accused of “espionage”. The case is being handled by WIP (Writers in Prison), an affiliate of PEN International.