Dreamer In Chains Quotes

“Your scars are not your shame; they’re your coordinates.They point to the places you’ve already survived.”
― Hagir Elsheikh, Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience

“A border does not make one holy.
A passport does not make one pure.”
― Hagir Elsheikh, Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience

“I am Sudan. And I do not beg.
I carry warriors in my legs.
I walk like a prophecy. I light like a flame.
I was never small, just wrongly named.
In every land, I stand tall.
You cannot exile what built it all.”
― Hagir Elsheikh, Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience

“We are not myth.
We are the math and the original path.
They speak of Egypt, forget our kings.
They show you Giza, hide Meroë’s crown.
Where two hundred pyramids
still look down.”
― Hagir Elsheikh, Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience

“We are Kush.
We are Meroë.
But they won’t teach you this in school.
They won’t name the ancient rule,
They won’t tell you how far we reached.
Only how little we’re allowed to teach.”
― Hagir Elsheikh, Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience

“They call us forgotten.
Dust in the breeze.
But how do you forget
the roots of the trees?”
― Hagir Elsheikh, Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience

“When will we wake,
when will we see,
the real oppressors' hypocrisy?”
― Hagir Elsheikh, Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience

“Hate can be unlearned;
love can be spread.”
― Hagir Elsheikh, Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience

“They hurt and save, then hurt and save
the cycle spins like a wheel.
When will we wake up.
When will we see that greed
fuels wars, and wars are profitable?”
― Hagir Elsheikh, Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience

“When will we wake up, see the cycle of abuse.
The mental slavery,
the aid with one hand, guns they produce.
Causing war, then posing as the savior.
Keeping the world blind.
They see no evil, they hear no plight,
and they speak not a word,
hiding the truth from our sight.”
― Hagir Elsheikh, Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience

“Greed fuels war, for war is profitable.
As long as there are profits,
peace is but a fable.”
― Hagir Elsheikh, Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience

“The watchtower is still there, I bet.
But I am no longer confined by it.
I have climbed higher, thrived,
and built a life that no longer
fits within its narrow walls.”
― Hagir Elsheikh, Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience

“And when the TV wasn’t on,
I’d hear music.
Usher’s voice filled the room.
His love song carried me far away
from the tiny space I called home.
I’d sing along to My Boo
and close my eyes.
Imagining a life where love
was kind and safe.
Where I was free.”
― Hagir Elsheikh, Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience

“She carried the weight of a world
that refused to see her.
Yet, she stood tall,
a quiet strength no book could contain.
My mother, a dreamer in chains.”
― Hagir Elsheikh, Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience

“To be a refugee is to be split in two. One half buried in memories. The other is begging the world to let it bloom.”
― Hagir Elsheikh, Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience

“Do not fear refugees.
Fear the silence that lets injustice grow.”
― Hagir Elsheikh, Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience