My name is Eva Bianco, Soad Eqbal Al-Mutrabii asked me to make a gofun… Eva Bianco needs your support for Providing a haven of hope for my child Omar

My name is Eva Bianco, Soad Eqbal Al-Mutrabii asked me to make a gofun… Eva Bianco needs your support for Providing a haven of hope for my child Omar

(@russell.j.turner) This year we are using fi@leannemodenpoets from the Sight and Sound 2022 list as prompts Seventh up from me is Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers (1966 - #46), concentrating on the women and children involved in the conflict, particularly Little Omar and Hassiba Ben Bouali You slip into a status and a smile You map the maze that men may slowly learn You host the home, the monument and trial You cut and paste the masks of no return You blow the bars with gifts of wire and dial You live, you love, you kiss, you kill, you burn He grows up with the heroes of the past He learns to run the streets under disguise He brings the word, delivered low and fast He shouts a bold defiance to the skies He is a child soldier at the last He grips Hassiba’s hand, and then he dies We never know the loss until they’re gone ‒ le petit Omar, il n’a que treize ans... RJT