Author: Amirah Al Wassif

Amirah Al Wassif is a freelance writer(28) years old,from egypt She has written articles, novels, short stories poems and songs. Five of her books were written in Arabic and many of her English works have been published in various cultural magazines. Amirah is passionate about producing literary works for children, teens and adults which represent cultures from around the world. Her first book, was published in 2014 and her latest illustrated book, The Cocoa Book and Other Stories is forthcoming.

Isolated by the sea.

imageByAmirah Al WassifFebruary 9, 2019
My arrogant silence looms over me, His voice like a truth, Like a bumble bee. My ears have the sight, Each ear has the right To see! It is such a messy heaven, Like taking a breath and given The reality of to be. I am totally confused about that, Mixing good things and bad,

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Wings against the wall.

imageByAmirah Al WassifJanuary 15, 2019
They said ‘your voice shouldn’t be heard’,‘We need a woman without sound’,Then I asked my god,‘O lord, do I count?’And He answered me in short;‘Raise your voice and shout’. They said ‘we need a perfect doll’,Walking and stopping when we wantBut I am a total tweety

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As an African child.

imageByAmirah Al WassifOctober 26, 2018
As an African child I crawled on my mama’s arms Searching for an imaginary house Which bore me with a fancy view Of the passing clouds upon my head. As an African child I jumped many times of seeing the clown Who laughed and cried Making jokes Acting an excellent spy With

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The Grey Village

imageByAmirah Al WassifAugust 27, 2018
Everyone has heard of Costa’s miracles in our grey village; the boy who had a wooden toy and a cheerful wren bird. His giant miracles were in his spoken wooden toy which could create a lot of jokes in a louder tone. His second miracle was in his talented wren; a wonder-bird

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