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Salam Alaikum all,

This piece was written and performed for an Open Mic Night in aid of the Teach Somalia Campaign.


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The news stopped giving focus,

We stopped giving focus,

Lost in this dunya,

We returned to self-centeredness.

My heart aches for humanity,

Our levels of apathy

Can be scary.

Everybody is waiting on another to act,

Problem is it leads to a severe LACK of action.

“Its an African problem,

 “they’ll get the foreign aid,

Distancing ourselves from the issue

Because they’re lands and seas away?

The deen teaches better than that

And tells you to act,

If not with your heart,

Then with your tongue or hands.

Raise funds,

Raise voices,

Make plans,

Support causes

We all have a role to play

We are all given a choice each day

If someone were to cause you harm, will you not treat it?

When one part of the ummah hurts,

We should all be looking to heal it