Shakespeare-Iqbal Festival of World Poetry & Music

Wolverhampton Prayers For Peace 2010

Muslim Prayer For Peace In the name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful. Praise be to the Lord of the universe, Who has created us and made us Into nations and tribes, That we may know each other, Not that we may despise each other. If the enemy inclines towards peace, You too, must also…Read more Wolverhampton Prayers For Peace 2010

Do It Anyway!! (Paradoxical Commandments)

Of Old Sat Freedom – Alfred Lord Tennyson

Of old sat Freedom on the heights, The thunders breaking at her feet: Above her shook the starry lights: She heard the torrents meet. There in her place she did rejoice, Self-gather'd in her prophet-mind, But fragments of her mighty voice Came rolling on the wind. Then stept she down thro' town and field To…Read more Of Old Sat Freedom – Alfred Lord Tennyson

Holocaust Memorial Day 2009

“To The Onlookers” by William Hayen When our backs are turned, when someone stares at us, we feel them. You who watched the killing, and did nothing, still feel the eyes of those dead on your bodies. How many see you as you pick a violet? How many oak branches twist into hands begging for…Read more Holocaust Memorial Day 2009

WIFC Prayers for Peace 2009

WOLVERHAMPTON INTER FAITH COUNCIL PRAYERS FOR PEACE 2009 St Peters Collegiate Church, 25.01.2009 MUSLIM PRAYER: Read by Paul Salahuddin Armstrong Prophet's Prayer For The Envious People O Thou that givest aliment and power and stability, Set free the people from their instability. To the soul that is bent double by envy Give uprightness in the…Read more WIFC Prayers for Peace 2009

All The World’s A Stage

All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms. And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel And shining…Read more All The World’s A Stage