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Suheir Hammad: Poems of war, peace, women, power

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Poet Suheir Hammad performs two spine-tingling spoken-word pieces: "What I Will" and "break (clustered)" -- meditations on war and peace, on women and power. Wait for the astonishing line: "Do not fear what has blown up. If you must, fear the unexploded."

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TEDTalks;TEDWomen;TED;Talks;arts;culture;global issues;poetry;war;women;2010

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