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[nobodyxo]

This made me cry. This is so beautiful.

STOP HATE! This girl is amazing. Thank you for speaking this. So powerful. SO POWERFUL. <3

[KHLuvver]

YES. <3

[ghostluv1]

God this is... wonderful. <3

[AvelUnderWill]

Beauty., her passion.

Salam Aleykoum

[tetescute11]

I'm muslim so I honestly love this, Hatred kills.

[vanavanna]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaah fucking beautiful!<3 <3 <3

[neutronjockey]

It is our lack of empathy for our (global) neighbor that will damn us all.

Sister Salah's passion is amazing, not even her hijab can contain her.

[Cupcakezzzzzzzzzz]

wow talented true

[vmonkey8]

Hate is something we learn early. Hate is something we all know. Hate has been alive since the first living thig was born. Acceptance that you can't have everything you want is what we have yet to learn. Yet most decide it isnt important to learn!

[hotstepperish]

All people who have problems with her clothes are psycho!

[RuthieJey]

I cried :(

[idbigod]

man.. i didnt know that was going on. whats happening in palestine? why are arabs getting slaughtered? im from america could someone expian.

[Music4Mel97]

@idbigod I'm not an expert on the conflict but the Arabs lived in Palestine for centuries. This land was also promised to the Jews in the Bible, and is therefore their homeland. Both sides think of Palestine/Israel and their home and Jerusalem as a holy city. When WWII resulted in the Jewish Genocide, many Jews moved to Palestine and were welcomed; they needed a home. However, after WWII, Jews wanted to return to the Holy Land promised to them, and therefore pushed the arabs out. War was born.

[UmberLamp]

@idbigod You should really look it up yourself. Its an important part of recent history that will help you understand US foreign policy.

[emily0aysha]

@idbigod Maybe it's because here in America we're too busy living in our sheltered societies to realize that theres more beyond our borders.

obvlivious to the world outside & what is real.

& What is real may be too real to truly recognize.

There are 169 countries in the world.

And you only see what you see on the news, which is truly nothing compaired to everything actually happening.

There is so much.

So so much.

[swez004]

I hope you're still doing this

[lovelykali]

islam is not about what most ppl stereotype it to be :S stop the ignorance ppl.

[roborexasaurus]

Hate is not the answer. Universal love is. However, mine is a quite utopic prospect.

[TheRealChrisAllen]

teen slam poetry is one of the greatest things ever... check out "White Like Rice" too

[nothingisasitseems88]

This is so great

[trustme35able]

stop hate 

[ImaamYahya]

Mashallah..... This is the type of Muslimah sisters we need in every community....jazakallukhairan

[phoenixjodirae]

You make my heart sing...

[neil1397]

Wow this was amazing!!!!

[F3n3rbahc3lii]

this gave me goosebumps

[FerreroRocherYum]

duuuuuuuuude!

this is amazing!

[respecthewoman]

rrrr I couldn't really even understand what she said :( just sound like yelling to me. Someone has the lyrics? I did get Palestine children part but the in between that was confusing ....

[UniQueTx2010]

so powerful

[sarahhhhTMV]

Wow....just wow! this is amazing. My eyes are tearing up.

[haphazardful]

I am guy with a cold heart. Couldn't help my tears fall.

[gothicbabyful]

i believ that we could either exist in a world of peace, but no love and no hate. . or in a world with love, but also with hate. when u know love you know hate. for they are tied together. but in this world that hate is so feirce, we've forgotten the love. this poem made me cry, for she is right, while people in america are thinking we're so great, we help the word everyday. we dont. we ain't doing shit for the world. all we seem to do is hate.

[miss3sha87]

mashallah it made me cry and gave me goosebumps

[fantacygurl14]

@miss3sha87 omg it gav me gsbumps too

[RawrrApple]

AMAZIING.

[bunkerking73]

very powerful! I wish more people in the US would see what's really going on there and not believe what they're being told.

[mludacris06]

LOVED IT!! NO HATE HERE!!

[Indiegirl007]

I feel this woman so much. Her passion has inspired me.

[MrAbiot]

So true... the struggle that the world turned a blind eye to..

[bebelikethat212]

this a good poem! i never thought that my urban word teacher is on youtube! i love you poem ms. Tahabi

[mesaly]

i'm not from Palestine or the Middle East, but I FELT your anger and hurt. Peace my sista

[alexplustm]

It's extremely freaking hard to make me cry, but this came close. I got that little knot in my throat that sends chills down your spine and sparks the synapses that let your tear ducts know to drop those little drops of hope for another people.

[sicknature]

SOLID!!!

[yahyaalsaidi]

STOP the HATE on ISLAM. It is unfair to live on earth with hate

[jacolomion]

she is sooo Amzing!! She has a beautiful heart!!

[RebelAngel25]

I got chills.

[DejaLuLa]

excellent.. tear jerker.. brilliant !

[Kaikaig94]

That hit me really hard .

[TheMjd32]

Very nice... I really felt what you said...

[TheCamisha1]

Very well spoken!

[RoseTruth]

omg she made me cry...masha Allah, please keep going we need more muslimahs like this

[gamervgd]

holy shit

[aprilmarieist]

15 dislikes thats fucked up

[GOCANADA999]

MANSHALLAAHHHHH this was beyond beautiful!!

[Cuteyoshigirl]

damn, what a great speech. She tore it up.

[allhuakbar1]

that brought tears to me

[MzThai93]

Absolutely beautiful

[101feven101]

oh my god, a video hasn't made me cry like this video has

she did an amazing job

[Soulfulremedies9]

This joint is deep and hott! Great piece!

[xViciousZualKeix]

strong

[covi0919]

A way to have your voice be heard without filters and the full range of the infinite mind.

Finally.

Much love towards slam poetry.

[firealie1]

mashallah.....this poem really brings it back home...when people are worried about minor things like exams or relationships or clothes and jewellry we forget to count our blessings and remember those who ask for nothing but freedom...may Allah bless them with patience and hope inshallah....beautiful poem sister

[poetrytolive]

Daaaamn!

[desi44]

this is beautiful

[hardyzdxrulez]

mind blowing. love love love LOVE it

[AbbiLedford7788]

Gees. I cried too.

[bananas0930]

That brought tears to me.

[pinkrose101s]

my favorite!!!!!!!!!!!!! amazing mA :)

[x0xpr1nc3ssx0x]

the truth!

[FMLFYL]

Gave me goose bumps... Amazing

[MiMiDaBrAiDeR]

mashallah this was beautiful

[crazyk0322]

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!

[LiiAne1]

dammmm....speechless so true and so beutifully spoken.

[goonygrl19]

yay tahani. im so glad she's my teacher^-^

[roccstarchicc]

that was AMAZING

[CaRiZmAh07]

wow

[manof34holds]

Oh wow! That was amazing. I'm at tears listening to the REAL pain in her soul.

[crxellence]

amazing...

[bohemiansunset117]

our politicians need to start listening to the children of our nations. we obviously have a lot more to say than anyone gives us credit for.

[terror0earth]

@bohemiansunset117 We children will soon become the Politicians. In time.

[hmdlalfalaq]

i cried. i really cried.

[ogadenqueen]

@hmdlalfalaq

ME TOOO....

[iMoslima]

@hmdlalfalaq

me too she is so right

[Towriteloveonmyarm]

@hmdlalfalaq i did too.

[masonmcrottkore]

that is beautiful! if this was an AUDIO track her pants would matter not. the words are the message. humans always tend to find a way to miss the meaning... and thusly they miss the mark. this.. is,, AMAZING!

[dontgetmerong]

why are you worried about her jeans, think about why you care..

[pinkAquarius11]

i cried

[MONIQUEIJ]

i love this

[manez1234]

If you liked this poem then you would love my new poem I AM. Just go to my page or type "manez1234 I Am" in the search bar and be prepared to be moved by some of the realiest spoken word on youtube.

[KitCrow]

Teary eyed and covered in goosebumps. Her words are bloody beautiful.

[striklydesi]

ummm i think i need to marry this woman....i think my girlfriend will understand!

this girl just made me a poet

[MONIQUEIJ]

she is awsome

[mextole]

A Powerful Voice

[shawdavari]

RIPPED IT UP.

[mrssUsherRaymond]

she said hold that shit in another day to feel full! i'm tryna tell you....girl u better say that

[SillyTillySilly]

You said it yourself. It's all up to "perception" and interpretation.

You saw it as a speech. Others saw it as a poem.

See how interpretation works?

=/

[affiqzakie]

she made me teary~

Bravo!

[wokling]

Amazing

[KPstall4509]

i teared up.

[zavierfire]

DAMN!

she's RAW!!!

hell yeah!

[ihatefakkhoez]

Shes talented and people should pay that some mind whn puttn everyone in a group just because of race.

[Mattluvzunot]

damn touched my soul definitely because i can seriously feel her pain

[sbraithe]

wow, that was deep.....

[miss3sha87]

mashallah that made me tear shes great GO FALASTEEN WE WILL NEVER DIE!

[LadyKass]

this was deep but i think it insights racial tensions still uno

[sakuradeia2]

what i'm trying to say is that i want to see it from their point of view

[sakuradeia2]

i really wanted to hear a poem from her people cuz everybody want to act retarded since 9/11

[dogandpony]

it has nothing to do with that though. this is a poem about the occupation of palestine.

[Liralean]

Very powerful and "penguins" spoke word is hard, but i think she does a very good job, a clear tone and flow

[FreewheelinPanda]

of course she's good...she a female member of a minority who has been much persecuted in America. She also has the proper cadence and sense of intensity that has become somewhat of a constricting hallmark of Slam Poetry®. You really should love her...if you don't then you're just a big meanie.

[ArchxAngelx]

she's good all yall need to stop hatin

[bkballer2008]

wow thats her soul speakin not her brain Shes amazing mashllah

[PenguinsHartMakeup]

I get what she's trying to put out. And it's a great message, but she has no flow and thought I think she should keep writing poems cuz she does have a message that the world needs to know, spoken word is not her thing. Sorry, but true.

[1000lesbianlover]

"she has no flow". what does that mean? by the by, this is poetry...not rap. you may want to google 50 cent for "flow"

[Sepia1789]

That's kind of an ignorant statement. A lot of music regardless of genre can lack many important elements, not just rap.

I think the person who said that means the way she executes her poetry doesn't move along smoothly. I don't agree with it, but a flow has to do with how the way a form of art is executed.

[dellabrook]

Blank verse is often not rhythmic, yet certain elements of her poem consist of limericks which made the poem seem unbalanced, the message was well received and executed, from her own personal experience which offset the unbalanced cadence of the poem. All and all the poem was simply phenomenal.

[1000lesbianlover]

actually i was responding to a comment that "freewheelin panda" made but subsequently removed. I'm quite aware than some of her structure choices weakened the poem however, the comment I was responding to was encouraging her to have "more flow" which (having been to the national poetry even more then 7 times) makes me what poets to have less "flow" and more poetry. i like rhythmic poetry, but not when the need to be musical overpowers the need to be authentic.

[dellabrook]

The authentic element of her poem was accentuated through her demeanor rather than her words so I feel the poem was highly authentic bottom line I truly felt like nothing should be changed. The poem was beautiful in its own right. (By the way I am a student of Dr. Maya Angelou and I have been a judge for several national spoken word contest) perhaps Im not clear about why you felt it was necessary to state your credentials but this conversation could do without them.

[bigellell]

TOO DEEP

good

[luayrahil]

Powerful words.

[azteckike]

she is good!....poetry, music and exercise relax me

[sexylayla100]

Beautiful.....Manshallah

[CLE08]

SOLID! omg! i love how it starts slowly then BOOM! Hits you harder than yo mama would. WORD to the MUTHA on this one! Keep writing girl! Such an inspiration.

"HATE makes children feel as if they have to hold their SHIT in one extra day just to feel full!"

ahhhhhh! you hit it hard w/ that one. Be blessed!

&hearts; C-L-E

[orangeboats95]

bro this poem was so freakin bomb the very first time i heard it i listened to it 37 times counting!!!

[valambiguous]

The fruit of the passion of truth is in her. It blooms volumes of fresh air. O' my goodness!!!

[sadbrwneyes989]

Beautiful. Wow.

[Mauriuz]

you gave me goose bumps and I cry inside as I tell you I know. Please keep it up and give us more keep speaking the truth, we are listening.

[TheBIANCALASHAY]

This was an amazing piece something powerful beyond measure really enjoyed it..

[MickQuick07]

this is one of the few pieces i can listen to and everytime i get chills.

[SaMaR170]

u go gurl !!!!

amazinnnggggg

[kikanqa]

ooo..love it..keep it up Bissmalah..asalawalekum

[C0l0MBiANA727]

by far one of the most powerful poems i have yet to hear

big ups to my female

and more to you for being palestinian

please keep writing you words are beautiful i held my self the whole time trying to hold back all the chills you sent down my spine

[haithemelzabri]

NYGLTBJ... u're a sicko. enough said..

[LaLaLa843]

in 1829 a man named fredrick was working in his lab and a ghost came by and killed him the next morning fredrick was nowhere to be seen 100 years later 2 boys went to the lab as a dare the boys were never seen again aperently murdered now that u red this comment when u go 2 sleep fredeick and the boys will come and murder u but u can stop this by postiong this on 5 comments before midnight

[ShadyxxLady]

NYGLTBJ: What makes you think your hate is okay and her hate is not? Death and suffering should be ignored as long as you can claim your piece of land? Land land fucking land. That's all that matters. Not lives. Not peace. Just land. Just greed. Righteous greed. Makes me sick. I'm not Muslim. I'm not Jewish. I'm not Christian. I'm not anything. I am not biased. Just so you know. No one deserves to die over ownership. I don't care which side you're on, the whole thing is fucked up.

[bjh06d]

Nothing about life tells me that God would want you to die over a piece of land. there are more important things to die for better yet ther are more important things to LIVE for.

[waterotter1994]

you missed the entire pt dude. you saw an A-rab say 'hate' got scared, and became deaf. As usual.

[mantra56]

god bless you Tahani!

[christina1691]

I was sitting in the audience when she performed this. In person or even watching this video she is an awesome poet.(This is by far my favorite poem)

[laralovesu]

say it proud girl!!!

FREE PALESTINE!!

[fakeassname]

OMG...that was intense.. the feelingin brought through made me feel for a culture i only read about. it truley bang tears to my eyes...

thank you..

[PerfectDecalibration]

two words. holy shit. im just kidding. but that was amazing.

[uspsionic]

youre awesome rep ny

[claraofcali]

this was amazing.

[Oxymor1]

this is beautiful. brought tears to my eyes the frist time i heard it, and now i have shivers because i understand what she's saying... Keep it up.

[limpnjen]

Every time I watch this it brings tears to my eyes.

[invdrzim]

This gave me tears

-b

[springthedream]

palestinians ROCK!!

[BUNS2pretty]

=] THAT WAS BEEAUTIFUL HUN =]

[SaunSpokenWord]

In 3 words..."I hear YOU"

[mma4ever11208]

wow nice video

shes right every single word that came out of her mouth was right

free palestine

never forgive never forget the genocide and the ethnic cleansing soon isreal will no longer be on the map inshallah

[rachhlovee677]

absolutely beautiful

[MaidenInnocence]

woooow

wooooooow.

I honestly am speechless.

amazing.

[SexyDrBitch]

woww that was really good!!

[smoker211]

Damn wow She snapped!

There is so much that we don't know and like she said our little league and what not, our warm beds how could we? Knowledge is power

[acepride2008]

Took my breath away...gave me another reason as to why I'm proud of my generation

[SpokenWordFan]

amazing

[complicated040]

b who u wanna b not wat ur family religion is or wat ur parents say or wat every 1 at skools do'n and spreading ther latest rumor bout. seriously the greatest peaple did'nt follow footsteps they got out of line.

great speech though better than i could ever do!

[yadabea]

deep

[PunkGaloxo]

Mashallah, WoW

[zarzy1010]

why do u say that?

[sara5ano]

because as far as i know hamas has almost no effect with in of its bombings compared to israel...didnt israel used forbidden weapons or so?

my frnds tell me all pal supports hamas and theyre all against fateh but they just cant do anything abt it yet..

[zarzy1010]

i think every muslim supports hamas!

[zarzy1010]

and they shud!the quran supports them!

[sara5ano]

u mean every muslim shud...im not sure they all do tho.

[zarzy1010]

if they are muslim they shoud acording to surah an nisa verse 75 76 77 hamas are absoloutly correct and if any muslims condemns them they condemnin Allah book/words.

[JennyFidelity]

STAND UP !!!!

AMAZING.

I got chills.

[UlyssesMagnus]

Truth.Beautiful.

History is unknown to most.

Spend an hour Googling this term: The History of Zionism

[nansimartinez]

...

i'm speechless

[loganalexandra72]

wow.

Absolutely amazing.

[jumpinjoelblue]

and the beat goes on...

[Kalikalmata]

Thats my home girl, she eats, drinks, sleeps,sneezes and farts beautiful poetry

[polyxesther]

Beautiful and powerful and inspiring. Awesome stuff!

[zarzy1010]

because a xtian shows good brotherhood coz they try to be crist like.we say a jew can stab u in the back coz u dont know how much he hates u inside!

[zarzy1010]

also hamases toy rockets ,i think they started using it coz they had no voice so they thought if they done something like that israel will listen and they will talk,i dont think hamas realised israel will retailiate so bad.but there is no military solution to this

i know jewish population is very small and nearly every1 is educated.but islam has its fair share of brainiacs too.and not to mention all