“White Americans talk about democracy like it’s a bag of seeds you buy at Home Depot, sprinkle across your backyard before freedom grows fully bloomed from the soil, petals red and blue outstretched. They talk like all soil is the same. Like every seed comes with a 100% satisfaction sticker, guarante…”— Hazem Fahmy, sukoonmag.comTagged: Poetry, Dictatorship, Middle East, Democracy
“Americans ask me why Arabs love dictators and I say abusive relationships are hard to get over. When Mubarak fell back in 2011, Cairo couldn’t help but cry, sent him a text message: اسفين يا ريس. Please come back. Virtually every Arab country has been under a brutal regime since the fifties. My coun…”— Hazem Fahmy, sukoonmag.comTagged: Poetry, Dictatorship, Toxic Love, Middle East, trauma in being oppressed
“There’s a reason self-love is tied to revolution, it’s a two way street. In the right context, the word radical can be applied to anything from an uprising to a selfie. If nothing else, they both state: I am worth preserving.”— Hazem Fahmy, sukoonmag.comTagged: Self-Love, Empowering, Selfie Quotes, Fave