Ayisha Siddiqa Reads Powerful Poem at COP27

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Pakistani human rights and land defender Ayisha Siddiqa was set to give a speech on November 17 at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. However, when it was her turn to take the mic, she instead said, ‘I was intending to come here and share with you facts and data, and the stories of the women who have had to give birth in flood zones, of the ancestors whose graves have drowned, and I don’t think that’s what people need to hear right now.’ Siddiqa then went on to deliver a powerful poem which read in part, ‘I tell you that even our dead have drowned in their graves, and you ask me to be polite. You ask me not to blame or shame, and remember the color of my skin, the sound of my tongue, and my place in your world.’
You can listen to the entire poem here: go.nowth.is/poem
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@Odin31b 3 ай бұрын

I missed the "How Dare You!" Such a joke.

@joaobrinca1552 2 ай бұрын

ahhahahaha

@Revycake Жыл бұрын

Could you upload a version of the full poem?

@AlexFoster2291 Жыл бұрын

Feels good to imagine she's slamming world leaders and smacking sense into them. But just like others before her, they do not care at all about aimless and solutionless complaining. Feels good to watch, but just as promised solutions are empty words, this act is nothing but theatre.

@Mont3000 Жыл бұрын

Yeah you know they were just rollin' their eyes.

@onlythetruth883 24 күн бұрын

Talking about the problems of climate change dressed in such finery. Seems a little contradictory.

@jamesfox2857 Жыл бұрын

Thank You , , ,

@stewgaatz 2 ай бұрын

Omg this one.

@Adeon55 2 ай бұрын

I have a powerful poem for Ayisha Siddiqa: _Go to Canada_ _Seek out progressive healthcare_ _Immediately_

@gladiammgtow4092 2 ай бұрын

As always lots of words but no solutions.

@deathlytree434 Жыл бұрын

Should be a world leader

@Whatitbedo Жыл бұрын

Idea is weak minded madness which rock u been under😢

@JohnnyPorchAGeese 2 ай бұрын

....not.

@ilikedabeans9971 2 ай бұрын

She'd be like the Austrian guy with the funny mustache.

@pillznarRy 2 ай бұрын

no. not ever.

@bpooboi 2 ай бұрын

Yes she should be a leader. All she has to do is fly around the world putting out carbon and lecturing peasants on how it's their and white peoples fault

@jallen1227 2 ай бұрын

Sounds like a Pakistan problem

@ctwatcher 2 ай бұрын

Um yeah, no thanks. She can go to India or China and help them. Other nations, just not USA as we the people have the laws and we might use them on her for hysterical fear tactics of lies. We hate the liars big time now.

@skinnerMTB 2 ай бұрын

These activists always talk so stearnly towards the western leaders, because only western leaders allow this type of speech. Go give a talk like this to arab leaders and see how that works out...