al-istiqamah
01-02-08, 02:59 PM
Dedicated to Tamekia: 'Her Prayer'
She told me then, "I wept and prayed."
For what? I asked. "A scented grave..."
Al-istiqamah is proud to publish the first in a series of exclusive poems written by brother Daniel Joseph Maldonado on the loss of his wife in war-torn Somalia. Daniel was arrested by the Kenyan military in January 2007 and handed over the US authorities. His wife Tamekia died of malaria near the Kenyan-Somalian border. In April 2007 he pleaded guilty to a charge of receiving training from a foreign terrorist organization and was sentenced to ten years imprisonment in June.
Click here (http://al-istiqamah.com/PP/HerDuaPoem.htm) to view a scanned image of the original poem.
Read the poem at al-istiqamah.com (http://al-istiqamah.com/PP/HerDua.htm)
She told me then, "I wept and prayed."
For what? I asked. "A scented grave..."
Al-istiqamah is proud to publish the first in a series of exclusive poems written by brother Daniel Joseph Maldonado on the loss of his wife in war-torn Somalia. Daniel was arrested by the Kenyan military in January 2007 and handed over the US authorities. His wife Tamekia died of malaria near the Kenyan-Somalian border. In April 2007 he pleaded guilty to a charge of receiving training from a foreign terrorist organization and was sentenced to ten years imprisonment in June.
Click here (http://al-istiqamah.com/PP/HerDuaPoem.htm) to view a scanned image of the original poem.
Read the poem at al-istiqamah.com (http://al-istiqamah.com/PP/HerDua.htm)