Jewish woman wins Arab poetry contest using pseudonym

Jerusalem Post ^ | 5/25/2009 | Toby Axelrod

[Nachum]

Using a pseudonym, a Jewish woman won an Arab poetry contest in Holland.

Tuvit Shlomi, 28, who works at the Center for Information and Documentation on Israel and attends an Orthodox synagogue in The Hague, won the prestigious El Hizjra Prize, a poetry award designed to promote the culture of Arab immigrants to Holland, particularly those from Morocco.

[cripplecreek]

LOL

[dfwgator]

Is Arab Poetry anything like Vogon Poetry?

[Ainast]

lol, I had no idea arab poetry even existed...

[Kieri]

Is Arab Poetry anything like Vogon Poetry?

ROFLAMO!!!

There's a difference. Vogon poetry makes you want to behead yourself. Arab poetry does it for you.

[Moltke]

LOL. All your poetry are belong to us.

[humblegunner]

“Is Arab Poetry anything like Vogon Poetry?”

We kill the infidel his blood runs out
We shoot into the sky and loudly shout
Allahu Akhbar! we scream as we kill
To die as martyrs is Allah’s will

We beat all our women and keep them quiet
They have no voice to complain or riot
We kill the woman, not men who rape her
We use our hands, not toilet paper

[MAD-AS-HELL]

the winning poem goes as:

A Martyr’s blood is red
All 72 virigins are dressed in blue
I proudly wear my suicide vest
To take out some worthless Jews.

[Secret Agent Man]

The hypothetical runner up, going the extra step to use Haiku (3 line, 5-7-5 syllables):

infested pig jews

scuttling around, sh1tting

all over our land

And if you think I am stretching it, just watch the palestinean kids’ shows that have puppets and people in costumes talking with kids about how to blow up people and how martyrdom is awesome.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

It should be interesting to watch this drama unfold. I hope she has bodyguards!

[Tribune7]

Psych!

[Slings and Arrows]

Allahu fubar!

[El Gato]

Riots to follow.

[353FMG]

“..a Jewish woman won an Arab poetry contest..”

It just shows that it takes someone other than a Muslim to produce acceptable Muslim poetry.

[rmlew]

I could have seen a Mizrahi or Sephardic Jew winning this, but an Ashkenazi one is a surprise. Completely different culture.

[metmom]

Wouldn’t be surprised.....

[martin_fierro]

The winning entry:

PANCAKE POEM

Who wants a pancake,
Sweet and piping hot?
Good little Grace looks up and says,
"I'll take the one on top."
Who else wants a pancake,
Fresh off the griddle?
Terrible Teresa smiles and says,
"I'll take the one in the middle."

~Shel Siverstien~

[stentorian conservative]

Many posts have made me laugh today. Yours made me choke.

[Slings and Arrows]

Shel was great. Poor guy died way too young.

[river rat]

A Jew and an Arab in an intellectual contest?
No contest.