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Women Of Iraq
by Esra Karatash Alpay → (All Poetry by Esra Karatash Alpay)
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Women who have been raped,
Simultaneously, By foreign men,
As their bodies have been invaded,
And their minds sickened,
As their honour and respect,
Have been taken from them unjustly,
They Beg to be killed,
To save themselves,
From their own torment,
And the unwanted bastards they carry,
Forget what society will have to say,
As they can never hold their heads high,
Nor look their men in the eye anymore,
Ever again, And will continue to live,
With the mark Of dishonour,
Embedded in their own minds,
People are honourable here,
And would die for their honour,
Where I live Here,
Every woman is valuable,
To be respected And never invaded,
They are innocent victims of rape,
Who can never heal,
As death seems an only way out,
To these women,
Who are begging for a saviour,
To put them out of their shame,
And eternal misery.

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 Reviews of "Women Of Iraq"
Reviewed by Vesna Perkovic (Reader)
Reviewed on May 11, 2004
OH please! Don't tell me about Iraqi women getting raped by foreign men..you should have been in Bosnia to see what Muslim men did to the christian women here..it didn't stop at rape...if you want the details..write me..I'll gladly send them to you.

V.

Reviewed on May 11, 2004
i agree with comments in the reviews a woman should not be shamed
because she is a victim but should stand proud in her condemnation
of the perpetrators & something is terribly wrong if she cant. saludos robin

Reviewed by Leysa Lowery
Reviewed on May 11, 2004
Powerful write ... not only should we feel anger at the rapists and the terrible damage they do in their acts, but also we should feel anger at a societal structure that would enforce the feeling of shame so many female rape victims suffer.

Reviewed by Safi Abdi
Reviewed on May 11, 2004
An excellent poem, Esra. These rapists have no shame,it was just some sick sport for them. The pictures coming out of Iraq are ugly. One wonders, though, is this the kind of liberation Bush had in mind when he invaded Iraq?

Safi

Reviewed on May 10, 2004
Of course women are NOT guilty, but are made to feel guilty by the traditional codes of tribalism. Society usually blames the victim in this criminal act, making women more reluctant to notify the authorities, thus facing more shame and dishonour in helplessness- A truth made impossible to live with.

Reviewed by Lori Moore
Reviewed on May 10, 2004
Sad topic. Well done.

Reviewed by Larry Rochelle
Reviewed on May 10, 2004
There is no shame in being raped; the shame is on the rapist and on the husband or father who kills the innocent woman. I noticed there was a murder of a 14-year-old daughter in Turkey the other day. Shame on that father!


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