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truths89 · 9 months
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“My cup will always have enough water to hydrate my soul! And even when I am shattered, I am divinely whole.” 
-Zisa Aziza
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thenoaidi · 1 year
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We are serpents shedding our skin, in the fields of illusion.
Zisa Aziza
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sciatu · 3 years
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PALERMO - AL-AZIZA, LA ZISA, LA SPLENDIDA
Il re volle che venisse costruito un castello per l’estate. Suo padre Ruggero, come re di Sicilia, aveva dato il via alla costruzione di chiese e castelli ad evidenziare la sua potenza e forza che in tutto il mediterraneo non avevano uguali. Così lui, Guglielmo che il suo popolo avrebbe chiamato il Malo, volle una reggia che nei secoli tutti dovevano ricordare per bellezza e ricchezza. Cosi venne costruito il nuovo castello con la struttura forte e invincibile dei castelli normanni ma al suo interno i sudditi arabi del re costruirono una meraviglia. Davanti al castello, da dove in estate venivano i venti caldi del nord ovest, disposero lunghe vasche di acque tranquille unite da allegre cascate. I venti arrivando, calmavano la loro arsura scivolando sulle acque quiete e giungendo al castello entravano dai tre grandi archi lasciati a loro disposizione. Si scontravano cosi con l’ombra del colonnato e con il canto della fontana che li salutava. Dal colonnato, attraverso le rampe di scale ed aperture che salivano lungo le mura, portando frescura in tutte le stanze, prima in quelle al primo piano delle donne, poi in quelle al secondo dove c’erano le stanze del re. Intorno al castello vi erano giardini pieni di luminosi limoni, grandi aranceti, siepi di gelsomini e rose, così che il vento, salendo verso le stanze del re portasse ora un profumo, ora l’altro, accendendo le notti di piacere e sogni. All’interno, il castello era ricoperto di mosaici coloratissimi e tendaggi di seta color porpora con ricami in oro ed argento, i musici berberi nascondevano il frinire delle cicale con melodie melanconiche e ritmiche, i menestrelli provenzali facevano la corte alle dame di corte recitando le loro audaci poesie. Tutto in quel castello era splendido e meraviglioso. Fu così che fu da tutti quella dimora fantastica fu chiamata Al-Aziza, la Zisa ovvero, la Splendida.
The king wanted a castle to be built for the summer. His father Ruggero, as king of Sicily, had started the construction of churches and castles to highlight his power and strength that had no equal in the whole Mediterranean. So he, Guglielmo that his people would have called the Malo, wanted a palace that over the centuries everyone had to remember for its beauty and wealth. Thus the new castle was built with the strong and invincible structure of the Norman castles but inside the king's Arab subjects built a marvel. In front of the castle, from where the warm winds from the north west came in the summer, they laid out long pools of calm waters joined by cheerful waterfalls. The winds arriving, calmed their heat by sliding on the still waters and reaching the castle they entered through the three large arches left at their disposal. Thus they collided with the shadow of the colonnade and with the song of the fountain that greeted them. From the colonnade, through the flights of stairs and openings that went up along the walls, bringing coolness to all the rooms, first in those on the first floor of the women, then in those on the second floor where the king's rooms were. Around the castle there were gardens full of bright lemon trees, large orange groves, hedges of jasmine and roses, so that the wind, rising towards the king's rooms, brought now a perfume, now the other, lighting up the nights of pleasure and dreams. Inside, the castle was covered with colorful mosaics and purple silk curtains with gold and silver embroidery, the Berber musicians hid the chirping of cicadas with melancholic and rhythmic melodies, the Provencal minstrels courted the ladies of the court reciting the their bold poems. Everything in that castle was splendid and wonderful. So it was that everyone called that fantastic abode Al-Aziza, the Zisa or, the Splendid.
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2centsofwhatilike · 2 years
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Palazzo della Zisa, dall'arabo Al-'Aziza, "La splendida", XII secolo. Edificato tra il regno dei sovrani normanni Guglielmo I e Guglielmo II (1165-1175), il sontuoso edificio nasceva ad uso di solatium reale, una residenza di piacere estiva per il re e la sua corte. Il palazzo è posto all'interno di uno splendido giardino, il Genoardo (dall'arabo Jannat-al-ard, traducibile sia come giardino che come "paradiso della Terra"), molto vasto, ricco di una lussureggiante vegetazione, padiglioni, fontane e caratteristici bacini d'acqua. La struttura, elegante e perfettamente simmetrica nella disposizione dei piani, riprende gli stili architettonici tipici degli edifici siculo-normanni (volte a crociera ogivale, doppia torre cuspidata, merli guelfi, archi a sesto acuto) insieme a citazioni e riferimenti alla cultura e all'arte islamica, come è possibile evincere dalle decorazioni a muqarnas, delle nicchie interne - presenti, peraltro, anche nella Cappella Palatina e nell'adiacente Cappella della Trinità della Ziza - e dalle iscrizioni arabe in caratteri cufici, presenti nell'attico, nell'arco d'ingresso e in vari ambienti dell'edificio - a elogiare l'opera e il regno di Guglielmo II, sovrano che ammirava profondamente la cultura e il sapere arabi. Anche le tecniche ingegneristiche derivano dai modelli arabi e qui si riflettono nella disposizione degli ambienti, volta a garantire spazi freschi e arieggiati. La Zisa fu, nel corso dell'Ottocento romantico, esaltata, illustrata, dipinta e descritta dagli intellettuali, progettisti e colti viaggiatori europei, protagonisti del Grand Tour, che, innamorati del sogno di una Sicilia esotica, mediterranea, sincretica, ne forgiarono il mito, rendendo il monumento normanno l'edificio simbolo di una gloriosa e illuminata (reinventata) età d'oro araba della Sicilia. #medievalism #medievalismo #orientalism #REGNODISICILIA #annalidellaterradimezzo #guglielmoiidaltavilla (presso La Zisa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPbxZ0KF2weFXpsD34Wytyx54dLRC_9ruLrFV80/?utm_medium=tumblr
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missharazarde1990 · 6 years
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Tra arte e folklore: la leggenda dei diavoletti della Zisa
Tra arte e folklore: la leggenda dei diavoletti della Zisa
Il Palazzo della Zisa, ‘Al-Aziza’ dall’arabo (la splendida), sorgeva fuori le mura della‘madina’ Palermo nel Genoardo (jannat al-ard, dall’arabo ‘giardino della terra’) che si estendeva in rigogliosi e lussuriosi giardini e bacini d’acqua dalla zona di Altofonte fino al Palazzo Reale. 
Michele Amari, all’interno della sua Storia dei Musulmani di Sicilia, si riferiva alla Zisa affermando:
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gidierre · 7 years
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Zisa viene dall'arabo al-Aziza ovvero la splendida. #zisa è anche il quartiere di #palermo dove io sono cresciuto. È da lì che tutto parte e ritorna. #ittassivuci #Amuní #madeinitaly #bag #handmadebag
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shadeismyresistance · 10 years
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I ain't no billboard or illustration Of a succeeding white liberalism Nor do I don red, black and green Because shit is deeper than black and white Don't be confused, cuz I ain't no oreo either Because if you rip me open you'll find a rainbow I ain't always queer though Because sometimes I don't know what it means I ain't an anarcha-feminist Because they make a habit of forgetting all women ain't white I ain't a bleeding heart liberalist Because libertarians talk about freedom I ain't god fearing Because faith in one man does not suit my soul I ain't poor and I ain't rich But I gots everything I need I's a negress and I ain't nobody's pawn Because everyone seems to forget that I exist 'Til they got a movement that serves their interests
Zisa Aziza, Freelance Negress
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truths89 · 7 months
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“Awareness without action is like sun with no breeze, it is upon you to facilitate life with ease. And although trees require photosynthesis, they, too, wither if they do not breathe.”
-Zisa Aziza
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girlnamedjenni-blog · 11 years
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A Sketch… About me? Born Oyeama Capre Okpalor at 8:41pm on January 30th 1989, a Monday, in Staten Island University Hospital. My mother was born January 5th 1966 in Staten Island; and father was born on January 31st 1961, in the Delta region of Nigeria. Mother is a retired Registered Nurse and father is an NYIT graduate who studied architect; however, he is primarily a sketchy international businessman. I am of Nigerian and Panamanian descent. I have seven half-siblings, all of whom are younger than I. I grew up in Staten Island, NY; Lagos, Nigeria; and Brentwood, Long Island, NY. I have dual citizenship in the United States and Nigeria. I have studied French, Spanish, Igbo, Yoruba, and pidgin English, (Latin in another life,) but I am only fluent in basic Ingles. I can neither drive nor swim; and yet, I love all bodies of water and believe traveling to be an excellent pursuit of self-knowledge. I attended Smith College, one of the Seven Sister colleges, where I studied Sociology and African American Studies. In addition, I took advantage of the open curriculum and registered for classes in at least a dozen disciplines. Who am I? I am: a starseed, an empath, a sound source, a queeress, a goddess, an eccentric, a pantheist, a pagan, a wanderlust, a contemplative, a biophiliac, an (intellectual) outlaw, a humanist, a mystic, a Sirian, an effervescent enigma, a spiritual warrior, a metaphysical nutritionist, and an heir of the divine. I am a believer of the path of least resistance because my life has been magical. I trust the Universe and I believe I am guided. What drives me? Because I have been misunderstood my entire life, language is my medicine and magic. My sensitivity has also imbued me with an exigency for self-articulation. Undoubtedly, my spiritual quest, which began consciously in 2008, has required that I give sound to feelings. Consequently, this has rendered me a waking mummy unsure of how I arrived at this place and time—an alien who must seek to communicate with terrestrials. Lastly, I believe love to be the superlative human condition. Fun fact? The meaning of my given name: Oyeama = “Who knows?” [Also the combination of goddess names: Oya and Yemaya] Capre = “goat,” and Okpalor = “good adviser.” Numerologically equivalent to 11. Go figure. My soul name: Zisa = “harvest the crops,” and Aziza = “cherished/beloved/precious.” Numerologically equivalent to 1. Zisa is also the name of a pagan Germanic goddess from the 12th century; and Aziza is the name of a West African deity. A little extra on the soul name… Zisa came to me when I took a leave of absence from Smith [due to an existential crisis], and ran away to El Bolson, Argentina in Fall of 2009. It wasn’t until May of 2011, when I recalled the name, while taking an acid trip in Mineral, Virginia, that I felt ready to accept the name. Aziza came to me when I was experiencing my Kundalini in Hayward, California, in January of 2012. Life Intentions? I have only two aspirations for this life: First, I would like to communicate with my human family about the health of our mother, our sole home, our planet Earth; and as her inhabitants, we, and all life beings, are an extension of her. I believe in a D.I.Y work ethic, do-it-yourself. Example. I wish to expatiate through all art mediums that are accessible to me, as there is much that I wish to transmute. Truths89 Ebook Vol. 1. Second, I would like to live by the Andes mountains of Peru. I need to hear the river rush and work with the land. I need to create medicine, artifacts, and live with animals. I wish to build a home of my own, with my hands and very simple resources, like clay, hay, etc. I trust that I will be in the company of my soul family. Truths89.com is my beginning. I welcome you to be a part of my quest. I yearn for, and appreciate, engagement @ [email protected] & Facebook; or, over a cup of tea, a conversation in a park, a walk through the city, etcetera.
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truths89 · 8 months
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“The internal dystopian complex supersedes yet complements the ruins our hegemonic system breeds; while collective gaslighting precedes our resistance to accept that which heeds.”
-Zisa Aziza
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truths89 · 1 year
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Energy is a pheromone sensed by the soul.
Zisa Aziza
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truths89 · 6 months
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“Will You Ever Smoke Again?” 
If I have learned the recipe for my healing, Why would I change the ingredients? 
The requisite for well-being is obedience.
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truths89 · 7 months
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“Do not concede possibility; Assert your curiosity.”
-Zisa Aziza
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truths89 · 1 year
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May my body be a safe home for the evolution of my soul.
Zisa Aziza
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truths89 · 9 months
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“I have no inclination of climbing a ladder; I have every intention of building a raft.”
-Zisa Aziza
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