Zuhdi Shubeitah
العربية

My Subconscious Speaks

A reflective, poetic essay that personifies the State of Palestine as weakened, constrained, and bereft of agency. It examines feelings of loss, humiliation, and a yearning for unity, dignity, and national revival.

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·       A state stripped of its thorns.....harmless to anyone..plucked of hair...and a newborn not shaved.!!..unable to sit with men...! It is the new State of Palestine.!! .Alone, broken in spirit, it does not confide in anyone, nor does it open the door to anyone!! except with a permit and a magnetized ID..!!.security-erased..and compelled..to operate its eyes and ears...not for itself but for a people..who killed its hopes...and robbed its land..and erased its fingerprints..until it hardly knows its identity..it is of the category (بدون).!!..a mouth without a tongue.!!..it eats, and remains hungry.!.forbidden for it to eat in its own way...ordered..and not a commander..deprived of the imperative..! a doctor examines it..and warns it against eating fatty foods..despite the low strength of its blood.!!.Its red corpuscles have disappeared!!..Its prescription..its diet in eating its loaf...by saying " Indeed do not swear and what is destined is not to be entrusted..and eat and you will be satisfied"

·       She is forbidden any ululation...!! because her voice is hoarse...after she tired of shouting...and there is no answer..because they categorized her shouting...as incitement.!!..even if with good intent...!!.

·       Even the Ramadan cannon does not fire.....its ammunition is dead...and its trigger lacks an arm....!!

·       O God make it good.... We will wake up..!! and change our clothes. and perform our prayers....and go to our work...after we expel the devil !

·       We will bandage our wounds. For splitting and division do not generate energy, as physics says. Palestine ..!!.and we will move forward..and we will plow our land and sow our seeds, and we will continue our narrative to our children..that Palestine ...all of Palestine is ours....and not for strangers.!!.. We will not sign !! and we will not conclude deals !! This is the stance of the peoples !!

·       Wednesday 19-2-2020

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Zuhdi Shubeitah, “My Subconscious Speaks” (English translation of «عقلي الباطن يتكلم», originally published 14 September 2022), https://www.zuhdish.co/en/articles/my-subconscious-speaks

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