A Damascene Tapestry : Blood on the Sidewalk

Blood on the Sidewalk

Dripping blood on the sidewalk…

is my way of cleaning this filthy city.

Dripping blood on the sidewalk…

is the way I draw.

Dripping blood on the sidewalk…

is my way of cleansing my lustful soul.

Dripping blood on the sidewalk…

is the way I declare my love for you

Dripping blood on the sidewalk…

is my way of saying goodbye –

it’s the only way I have left for that.

May 1999

“Ammar Abdulhamid used to be a radical Islamist. Tall and thin, Abdulhamid has become a renowned defender of minorities in the Arab and Muslim world, a position he's built over the past two decades. He was an early user of social media in defense of Muslim plurality and remains an online innovator and a Syrian activist with a great deal of cachet and a number of powerful enemies. Abdulhamid is also one of the only—if not the only—Syrian dissident who both anticipated what would happen if the West did not back the right forces fighting Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad (the democratic, religiously ecumenical groups), and created the opportunities to say so to the United States Congress.” The Daily Dot

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Blood on the Sidewalk