Issue 34, Spring '13

Taking Roots

by Fatimah Asghar • • Issue 31 • 07.23.2012
Notes
[1] Both ‘Brotherly Leader’ and ‘the Guide’ are translations of ‘Qaddafi’.

[2] After his coup, Qaddafi changed the name of the Libyan Army to Jamahiriya, meaning ‘state of the masses’

[3] It is possible to shorten this name in conversation to ‘The Brother Leader and Guide of the Revolution.’

[4] Or ‘gaddafi’ or ‘gadhafi’ or ‘kadafi’ or ‘kahdafi’

[5] Or at the start of the ‘anti-colonial liberation movement’, whatever you prefer.

[6] Or, according to him, effectively carrying out a revolution.

[7] Ballud

[8] Bayt

[9] Gamal Abdul Nasser, leader of Egypt, advocate for a united Arab world.

[i] Based on Pete Warden’s translation of Qaddafi’s speech delivered on Feb 22, 2011. http://ironicsurrealism.blogivists.com/2011/02/24/gaddafi-speech-february-2011-full-translated-video/

[ii] Fanon, Frantz. “The Wretched of the Earth.” 1961. Grove Press. Page 44.

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Fatimah Asghar

Fatimah Asghar

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Fatimah Asghar is a poet, performer, photographer, writer and thinker who is almost always in-between two places. Currently, her heart is in Cambridge with her sisters while her body is in Sarajevo, where she is on a Fulbright grant, writing, researching, exploring and constantly tripping over herself. In her time spent not being the clumsiest person in the world, Fatimah enjoys using different artistic mediums to play with traditional storytelling. Her literary work hovers between prose and poetry, examining fact through a lyrical lens, and uses the page as a stage and the body as a page. Her work can be found at www.fatimahasghar.com .