My views of Jihad seem to shock many. But most do not understand that Jihad is

Peace is not surrender

You pretender!

It’s not kissing hands

For stealing lands.

Peace is not a word nice

To reduce lions to mice

Or disarm your blood

Of their homes and God

Peace is not a war scheme

To realize a dream

Of having a home for a race

Of the “Chosen Disgrace”.

Peace is not a void name

To drop, then provoke an’ frame

It’s certainly not to lie and cry

That the “Martyr” should die.

Peace is not to stab your flag

In my heart, then smile and brag

Call me a terrorist for defense

Of my temples – of my fence?

Peace “is” to pack and go

To where you came and grew;

Peace is to wash your self

From each trick on the shelf

And if you don’t want peace

In its true sense from the start,

Then Peace be upon every bomb

That crushes a treacherous heart!

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About the Author

Al Seidi, Nevine, Egyptian-born (1961) obtained her BA in English Literature(Honours) from Alexandria University Egypt. She grew up in an artistic literary home where her dad acted and wrote scripts while keeping a private office of law as a Solicitor. To please him, she had to read the concise version of Shakespeare at 8 for her summer holiday. She trained as a painter at 6 under the patronage of world-famous Seif Wanli. At the age of 13, she started composing poetry in both English and Arabic. She won many contests as a painter and a poet. She has been a writer to her own circle of literary society, eversince. At the age of 18, she started getting interested in fashion seriously.She was determined to follow a career in fashion albeit studing literature. Highly, interested in theology, philosophy,sociology, economics, politics and very well informed in fashion, beauty and business. She tapped into various professions, before a career in fashion that ended at the threshold of creative writing again.Her moment of initiation was the birth of her only son Omar,now3. "Suddenly, the fashion world seemed a little too selfish a pursuit; motherhood anchored me to the reality of things. Unfortuanately, reality is not as beautiful as the fashion world" - She explains. She is an active journalist writer and poet with a deep interest in political and social affairs. She writes on many web sites on various subjects as well as various publications and periodicals. As a poet, she is published in the US. Some of her work appear in an anthology published by the L ibrary of Congress entitled: Nature's Echoes One of her most interesting poems is published in Millennium Poets by Cader Publisheing. The Poem is titled : Surrogate God . Though amusing, it hardly expresses the poet's belief. It is rather an expression of a mood. She is presently writing her first book: The Cultural Predicament of the Third World The Ethical vs. the Ethnical