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Link to News Release on Stoning of a Teen Age Girl in Iraq
Video of Iraqi Girl's Stoning Shown on Internet
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070505/wl_mideast_afp/iraqwomenyazidi_070505123235
 
Stoning of Girl in Iraq
The Image on the Cell Phone

 

Is she just a digital ghost in red,

Suitable for capturing,

Rendered in technology,

Forwarded around the globe?

 

The soldiers stand by, idly.

The crowd looks on, approvingly.

Some kin participate, gladly:

This girl must be stoned!

 

Her crime: a smile

To an man from outside boundaries;

Her torture: a crowded festivity

Of horror, blood and stones.

Part Christian, they tell us;

Part Muslim, part Jew—

This is the word of tradition to you:

Let men dictate every action you do!

 

 Her body, an Instant Message;

A warning, a grim text

For women like her everywhere:

You are not a person! Beware!

Next time this could be you!

 

O World of Women,

What will you now do?

Delete her? Mistreat her?

Give warning to your daughters?

Approve your executioner sons?

 

Turn instead to her message,

Covered in stones:

If we fail her again,

We are truly alone.

 

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Dr. Carole R. Fontaine

May, 2007





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