Seif-Eldeine O Biography

No One and Syria's Struggle to Sleep

No One washes his hands and face three times in preparation for his prayers. No One thinks this is enough to get the blood out.
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The Sound of a Forgotten Letter

I look at a photograph of the city I was born in--
its crowded roadways, its grey buildings, the white dome
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Inside the cafe, Akhmed smokes Al-Hamra under a sign that says
"No Smoking." E'ad blows the dice before he rolls them. Basheer

stands over him and moves the checkers. (The President is on T.V.)
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The children have never read the words
'dulce et decorum est' or seen the dove
or swam so far out that the jellyfish
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Syria/ Turkey border

The passports
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