Arts and Culture
Poetry/Photography
Poetry/Photography
- "Bterram" by Professor Semaan Salem (Arabic)
- "Life’s Call" by Dr Rabih Jabbour (English)
- "House of the High Mountain or "Bet Tur Ram" by Dr Aksam Merched (Arabic)
- "The wild beauty of Bterram" Picture by Dr Aksam Merched
- Hymn to Khalil Salem's School by Father Nicholas Malek (Arabic)
"Bterram" by Professor Semaan
Salem*
* courtesy of Dr Salem, professor of
Astronomy and Physics at California State
University, Long Beach (USA).
Salem*
* courtesy of Dr Salem, professor of
Astronomy and Physics at California State
University, Long Beach (USA).
"Touch of Friendship" by Dr Rabih Jabbour*
I don`t know what life can afford,
better than having good people
help keep peace on earth,
and enjoy being creatures of
magnificent, almighty power.
I don`t know if freedom one day
will confine us from seeing each other,
even in the dreams that surpass
any boundary of man-made reality.
I don`t imagine a human being
can fearlessly sail, and peacefully
dive in a sea of perilous identity.
.
I don`t know if one day will come,
and the sky will not enjoy me
looking at its vast beauty.
I don`t know if I can encompass
my memory and squeeze my smile,
to pretend the existence of happiness.
I don`t know if I can visit
the temple of love,
to shower my body and soul
with the sacrifice of honesty and sincerity.
Yet, I know that life will not end
without people encouraging the human
spirit to flood the "friendship`s touch",
to fill every single GAP of our lives.
* Courtesy of Dr Jabbour, a Senior Scientist at Edgewood National Laboratory for Chemical and
Biological research (DC, USA)
I don`t know what life can afford,
better than having good people
help keep peace on earth,
and enjoy being creatures of
magnificent, almighty power.
I don`t know if freedom one day
will confine us from seeing each other,
even in the dreams that surpass
any boundary of man-made reality.
I don`t imagine a human being
can fearlessly sail, and peacefully
dive in a sea of perilous identity.
.
I don`t know if one day will come,
and the sky will not enjoy me
looking at its vast beauty.
I don`t know if I can encompass
my memory and squeeze my smile,
to pretend the existence of happiness.
I don`t know if I can visit
the temple of love,
to shower my body and soul
with the sacrifice of honesty and sincerity.
Yet, I know that life will not end
without people encouraging the human
spirit to flood the "friendship`s touch",
to fill every single GAP of our lives.
* Courtesy of Dr Jabbour, a Senior Scientist at Edgewood National Laboratory for Chemical and
Biological research (DC, USA)
"House of the High Moutain" or "Bet Tur Ram" by Dr Aksam Merched*
"The wild beauty of Bterram" by Dr Aksam Merched
* Dr Merched is Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine
(Houston, TX, USA)
* Dr Merched is Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine
(Houston, TX, USA)
Hymn to Khalil Salem's School by Father Nicholas Malek (Arabic)
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Bterram's Cultural Heritage