Poetry: Ashraf AboArafe
O Doha, steadfast against deceit,
Betrayed by allies, their vows obsolete.
From Zion came treachery, breaking the ties,
And America’s shelter—illusion and lies.
Awake, O nation of Islam, arise!
For normalization is bitter disguise.
The bombing was treachery, naked and dire,
In Zion’s hand—betrayal and fire.
Land once of treaties, jewel once bright,
Has arrogance tested your endless night?
You leaned on the fortress of strangers in vain,
It proved no guardian, no true chain.
The Gulf united, one voice declared:
Together we stand, our fate is shared.
Yet fear of the flames kept many restrained,
Each seeing the reckoning, heavy and pained.
A people cried: Shall silence remain?
Or shall oil itself unshackle the chain?
An army asked: Shall we rise to fight?
Or live as captives, fearing the night?
Egypt proclaimed: A coward’s blow!
Exposing the threads, the schemes laid low.
Qatar appealed to the court of right,
With words like steel, with justice bright.
O Pearl of the Gulf, endure, endure,
Your patience eternal, your faith secure.
And history’s scroll will one day reveal:
You rose as mountains, steadfast, steel.
