Top 3 reasons why I’m dying to get my hands on the latest Def Poetry DVDs…


1) Amir Sulaiman: “Danger”


2) Liza Garza: “My Everything”


3) Suheir Hammad: “What I Will”

Tip of the hat to Sunni Sister




7 Responses to “Poetic Renderings [Words Of Resistance]”  

  1. 1 Ezzi

    so beautiful. Amir gave goosebumps and Liza moved me to tears. Suhair, as expected from a bourgeois Palestinian “resistance artist”, condemned everyone and every side of this conflict and declared herself alone the hero and the victim. must be a Fatah girl. cheap, self-serving “art.”

  2. 2 xxx

    Nas, the great censor at work. what a hypocrite.

  3. 3 UmmZaid

    Salaam ‘Alaikum

    I’m a big Def Jam fan too! Tons of clips on You Tube.

  4. 4 Nas

    xxx (ezzi): i’m sorry i didn’t get your last comment on who the hypocrite is exactly.

    UmmZaid: wa 3aleikom al salam. yeah a lot of clips but they’ll eventually take them down

  5. 5 take8ez

    Nas, it was my browser cache. i am about to insert foot in mouth. glass of water please.

  6. 6 alia

    I said this before and I’m saying it again…you gotta love the spirit…I miss that so much in this part of the world..aargh..

  7. 7 aleisha

    “my Everything” is crazy! i was crying before she ever did! that poem touched me!

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