If you are One
and your teachings are One
why did you inscribe our infancy in the Torah
and adorn our youth in the Gospels
only to erase all that in your final Book?
Why did you draw those of us who acknowledge your oneness into disagreement
Why did you multiply in us, when you are the one and only One
Biography
Amal al-Jubouri (1967) was born in Baghdad. After studying English language and literature she went to work for Iraqi television, where she produced her own culture programme. She also worked as a literary translator and started a publishing house for literature.In 1997 she fled Iraq for Europe and settled in Munich with her daughter. In 2000 she became chief editor of the Arab-German magazine al-Diwan, which appears in Berlin.
