Noura Salem

Noura Salem was born on March 7, 1992 in Egypt.

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Noura Salem

Noura was born in Egypt. In 1992. Noura Feels that life has far more to offer and that there are still important things to be achieved--that life must be experienced to the fullest. As a result, she pursues her objectives with a fierce intensity that will not let go of things. Sometimes she becomes deeply involved and run the risk of being unable to view things with sufficient objectivity, or calmly enough; therefore in danger of becoming agitated and of exhausting my nervous energy. She cannot leave things alone and feel she can only be at peace when she has finally reached her goal.

History

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  Born in Egypt

Born on March 7, 1992 in Egypt. Noura lived there for ten years before

moving to the USA.

Favorite Poems

Fire and Ice

Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice.

Robert Frost

The War Works Hard

by Dunya Mikhail Translated by Elizabeth Winslow

How magnificent the war is!

How eager

and efficient!

Early in the morning

it wakes up the sirens

and dispatches ambulances

to various places

swings corpses through the air

rolls stretchers to the wounded

summons rain

from the eyes of mothers

digs into the earth

dislodging many things

from under the ruins...

Some are lifeless and glistening

others are pale and still throbbing...

It produces the most questions

in the minds of children

entertains the gods

by shooting fireworks and missiles

into the sky

sows mines in the fields

and reaps punctures and blisters

urges families to emigrate

stands beside the clergymen

as they curse the devil

(poor devil, he remains

with one hand in the searing fire)...

The war continues working, day and night.

It inspires tyrants

to deliver long speeches

awards medals to generals

and themes to poets

it contributes to the industry

of artificial limbs

provides food for flies

adds pages to the history books

achieves equality

between killer and killed

teaches lovers to write letters

accustoms young women to waiting

fills the newspapers

with articles and pictures

builds new houses

for the orphans

invigorates the coffin makers

gives grave diggers

a pat on the back

and paints a smile on the leader's face.

It works with unparalleled diligence!

Yet no one gives it

a word of praise.

Quotes

"Dream like you will live forever, live like you will die today"

An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind. M.K. Gandhi

Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve. Dr. Napoleon Hill

Small minds discuss people. Average minds discuss events. Great minds discuss ideas.

Links

Noura's World [1]

Family Members

Abir Kamal Abdel-halim Mahmoud Mennat-Allah

School Friends

Kayla Peoples, Hana Purnawarman, Maellen Mabes, Judith Palomares, Katie Connor,

Friends

Dalia Rakha, Sherin, Basma, Marwa, Sama, Hend,

Cousins

Hend, Heba, Ahmad, Amera, Hosam, Ahmad, Marim