Sheikha Dr. Shamma bint Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan, a member of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, participated in the UNOG Director-General's annual meeting with civil society from around the world.
The meeting, held recently at the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), focused on the priorities and activities of the
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To the snowman
No matter how lonely you are, don’t cry
If you cry often
Even your heart will melt and disappear.
No matter how cold it is, don’t go to the fire
Since your whole body will turn into tears without a sound
When the wind blows and a snowstorm falls
Be the first to climb the hill outside
The quartets are the best form for the philosophical poet who wants to present his doctrine to us, not in a jurisprudential study or in a logical sequence, but in bright flashes. This is known by Omar Khayyam readers all over the world, but in Egypt, there has been another poet, another philosophy and definitely another book of
Destiny
I confess the unchanging nature of my destiny
Intent on defending castles
In the ancient loneliness of secrets.
A lie replicates fragments
Of a veiled plate that every day
Wraps hope in the balm
Reverting to the horizon.
Late repentance for a praise
Fraught with advice beyond the border.
Now the fog
