Friday, January 01, 2016

Quote of the day--from Mahmood Darwish

Quote of the day--from Mamood Darwish, Palestinian-born poet--

We love life if we find a way to it.

And we plant, where we settle, some fast growing plants, and harvest the dead.
We play the flute like the color of the faraway, sketch over the first corridor a neigh.
We write our names one stone at a time, O lightning brighten the night.

China's monopoly of Myanmar rare earth mining threatens global security--

https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/chinas-plunder-of-myanmars-rare-earth-wealth-threatens-global-security.html