Amira

“I just do art because I’m ugly and there’s nothing else for me to do.”
― Andy Warhol

“Hüzün does not just paralyze the inhabitants of Instanbul, it also gives them poetic license to be paralyzed.”
― Orhan Pamuk, Istanbul: Memories and the City

“ﺃﺧﻔﻲ ﺍﻟﻬﻮﻯ ﻭﻣﺪﺍﻣﻌﻲ ﺗﺒﺪﻳﻪ
ﻭﺃﻣﻴﺘﻪ ﻭﺻﺒﺎﺑﺘﻲ ﺗﺤﻴﻴﻪ

ﻭﻣﻌﺬﺑﻲ ﺣﻠﻮ ﺍﻟﺸﻤﺎﺋﻞ ﺃﻫﻴﻒ
ﻗﺪ ﺟﻤﻌﺖ ﻛﻞ ﺍﻟﻤﺤﺎﺳﻦ ﻓﻴﻪ

ﻓﻜﺄﻧﻪ ﺑﺎﻟﺤﺴﻦ ﺻﻮﺭﺓ ﻳﻮﺳﻒ
ﻭﻛﺄﻧﻨﻲ ﺑﺎﻟﺤﺰﻥ ﻣﺜﻞ ﺃﺑﻴﻪ

ﻳﺎ ﻣﺤﺮﻗﺎ ﺑﺎﻟﻨﺎﺭ ﻭﺟﻪ ﻣﺤﺒﻪ
ﻣﻬﻼً ﻓﺈﻥ ﻣﺪﺍﻣﻌﻲ ﺗﻄﻔﻴﻪ

ﺃﺣﺮﻕ ﺑﻬﺎ ﺟﺴﺪﻱ ﻭﻛﻞ ﺟﻮﺍﺭﺣﻲ
ﻭﺍﺣﺮﺹ ﻋﻠﻰ ﻗﻠﺒﻲ ﻓﺈﻧﻚ ﻓﻴﻪ

ﺇﻥ ﺃﻧﻜﺮ ﺍﻟﻌﺸﺎﻕ ﻓﻴﻚ ﺻﺒﺎﺑﺘﻲ
ﻓﺄﻧﺎ ﺍﻟﻬﻮﻯ ﻭﺍﺑﻦ ﺍﻟﻬﻮﻯ ﻭﺃﺧﻴﻪ”
― ابن الفارض

“I walk around the school hallways and look at the people. I look at the teachers and wonder why they're here. If they like their jobs. Or us. And I wonder how smart they were when they were fifteen. Not in a mean way. In a curious way. It's like looking at all the students and wondering who's had their heart broken that day, and how they are able to cope with having three quizzes and a book report due on top of that. Or wondering who did the heart breaking. And wondering why.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower