From the FIMA council meeting in Tanzania
we travelled to Masai Mara, Kenya.
Into the beauty
Of the African Safari
Animals in the wild
Taught us a lesson
Of peaceful coexistence
We hope the Zionists are learning too
One million wildbeests from Tanzania
Migrated.
Together with them
Were zebras, gazelles and deers
Before 1948, Christian and Muslim Palestinians
Made up 95% of the indigenous people of Palestine
Then a catastrophe!
400 villages burnt and destroyed
750,000 Palestinians forced to flee their homes
A land without a people? Nay!
They are refugees in their own land
Expelled from their motherland
The terms of the ceasefire in 2014 stipulates
A return to the borders of 1967 – not even 1948
Restoration of the sea port, fishing zone, airport
Lifting of the siege
End the occupation
Unreasonable demands?
They are basic human rights
Inalienable rights of any country
They are not negotiable
Wild animals had loads to teach us homo sapiens!
Birds nestled on the torso of zebras and wildebeests
The giraffe gracefully strutted up and said “hello” to us humans
The lions did not growl at the peering, eavesdropping and intruding human
Let alone fire missiles from F16s or warships
Nor did the giant African elephants act like bullies and trample us to smithereens
Like the Zionists did to Gaza’s civil infrastructure
Schools, hospitals, playgrounds, homes, offices, mosques...
To call the genocide of Gaza animalistic
Is a gross injustice
To the Safari of
The Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful!
We have witnessed the killings of innocent men, women and children
Superpowers arming the occupiers with weapons of mass destruction
The world turning a blind eye to the horrors that will forever haunt us
But here in the wilderness of the African Safari
We found peace, tranquillity
Attained therapeutic healing of the mind and soul
"Berat mata memandang berat lagi bahu memikul"
"Painful on the eyes but even more painful on the shoulders"
Few are guilty but all are responsible
We have to all do our little bits
Nasrun minallahi wafat hun karib
Help from Allah and victory is at hand
We remain optimistic and hopeful of God’s help and succor
End the occupation
Free! Free! Palestine
Musa Mohd Nordin
Masai Mara, Kenya
August 2014
