Now is the time

Now is the Time 1940 (Yazour)



Now is the time
Now is our only time to live, love, and have fun
Yesterday is a history that has long been gone
Tomorrow is a dream that may never come
Waiting is day-dreaming without having one
Time we own is short and always on the run
If we do not use it, we lose it and have none
Nothing can ever come back after being done
Have you ever seen a moon waiting for the sun?
Mohamed Rabie
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Submitted on March 31, 2021

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Now is the Time

Prof. Mohamed Rabie is a distinguished professor of International Political Economy; he taught at ten universities on four continents. He has published 52 books, 15 in English, one in Albanian, and the rest are in Arabic. English Books include four published by Palgrave Macmillan between 2013 and 2017: Saving Capitalism and Democracy; Global Economic and Cultural Transformation; A Theory of Sustainable Sociocultural and Economic Development; The Global Debt Crisis and its Socioeconomic Implications. Arabic Books include three of poetry, two novels, and a story; the rest is mostly academic books and collections of ideas and reflections. Prof. Rabie is president of the Arab Thought Council in Washington, DC, a member of the Arab Thought Forum, and a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation since 1992. Grants and scholarships financed his education from high school to receiving his Ph.D. in 1970; grants covered studies in Jordan, Egypt, Germany, and America. He is the winner of the State of Palestine Lifetime Achievement Award for scholarly publications and several other awards. His writings and positions reflect a strong commitment to peace, justice, equality, freedom, human development, as well as social, cultural, economic, and environmental sustainability. more…

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