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Journey From A Palestinian Refugee Camp to America
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Camp Uprising in August 1969
 
The Freedom Fighter (Fedayeen)*
 
 
 

Suddenly, from the alleys they appeared

Running like lions after their feed

In one hand a gun, and in the other a creed

They were the Fedayeen

Giants they seem, freedom they mean

Good-bye Camp, I started to glean

Facing Government goons, freedom was their boon

At last, we are going home soon

To Palestine, by the next full moon

 
* This poem was written commemorating the Camp uprising in August 1969. This uprising was covered in chapter 3 of the book