A Poem By Reem
This is a tiny video I made, inspired by and ‘illustrated’ for Reem Al-Ali’s poem Untitled [lesbian]. I am including the actual poem below because to my horror, the poem is illegible. So sorry, Reemy, I’ll do better next time.
Untitled [lesbian]
Together they crawled into a left-out space,
and made it their own…
They were both different and the same,
to it they were drawn…
At the dark red they both glanced,
and laughed at an order gone and thrown.
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Ayyy.. I am SO blown away!! and honored!
I like the illustration more than my poem, which is both good and bad ;p
I love it, the becoming-ness of the two paper-figures just captured the meaning perfectly.
Thanks.. I am in love.
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Love it!! so simple, yet extremely creative!! both the poem and the illustration graphics!!!
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hussa, i fell in love with the simplicity of the words. you can put together a hodgepodge of humungous words and it means nothing to anyone. but a few simple words placed strategically create a wonderful bang.
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love it!
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fantastic! both the poem and your art :D Love you both walla and allah iwafigkum 7abaibee *frantic kisses*
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Fantastic job! I’m proud of you both:D
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incredible concept and execution….soo touching!
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thanks! i just wish i had the proper experience and technosavoir-faire to control it more. and if only there was some way i could make money doing it!
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what should I say Ghadah you always Amaze me !!! :)and the poem so beautiful ….
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I found the poem very interesting, I think Reem has an amazing simplicity to her voice and Ghadah no comments, I am just proud of both of them, they are my friends :)
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simply beautiful! i love that both poem and aimation are that short- makes it all more poignant.reminds me of an old german plastacine model animation of hansel and gretel that i loved watching when i was little; didn’t understand the language but kinda got what they were saying.
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