Una poesia di una scrittrice “etnica” americana, Mohja Kahf, di origini arabe. Sembra sul velo. E’ sulla discriminazione. Grazie a tabsir.net, un sito che mette insieme studiosi che da differenti approcci studiano l’islam.
No, I’m not bald under the scarf
No, I’m not from that countrywhere women can’t drive cars
No, I would not like to defect
I’m already American
But thank you for offering
What else do you need to know
relevant to my buying insurance,
opening a bank account,
reserving a seat on a flight?
Yes, I speak English
Yes, I carry explosives
They’re called words
And if you don’t get up
Off your assumptions
They’re going to blow you away.