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Basra existed – Poetry from Iraq

I used to visit there night and day, When sun and moon were locked in intimate embrace. Faleeha Hassan, a poet and writer from Najaf, Iraq, based in USA, shares her poetry Faleeha Hassan, a poet, teacher, editor, writer, and playwright, born in Najaf, Iraq, in 1967, now lives in the United States. Faleeha was the first woman to

SAJDA: THE THANKFUL GESTURE & MAN’S GOOGLE PLAY

The Great Sire deserves our ‘Sajda’, our whole hearted obeisance, our love, our respect and a promise, not to violate his commands They join their hands, and bow down, and sometimes just lie prostrate, in order to impress upon gods that they are in ‘sajda’, in a posture of absolute thankfulness, and surrender to

Time of Longing – Poetry from Albania

It’s harvest time, The parched field, Guards you, as the bread for the soul… The smile burns on the lips… Such a longing!!! Marisa Ashiku, a poetess from Albania, shares her poetry Marisa Ashiku, born in October 1981, in Lushnje, (Albania) currently resides in Voghera, Italy where she works with

Book review: ‘My Feudal Lord’ by Tehmina Durrani

‘My Feudal Lord’ is an autobiographical novel that revolves around a prominent politician and a feudal lord, Mustafa Khar and a woman, the author Tehmina Durrani hailing from a wealthy, ultra-modern family Tehmina Durrani, a Pakistani writer, an artist, a human rights activists, was born on 18 February 1953 in an educated and

The Curves of the Eyes – Poetry from Italy

After a while I knew That I would have still your eyes Staring at mine, filling them up, Making them beautiful. Alessandro Russo, a poet from Castellammare di Stabia, Naples, Italy shares his poetry Alessandro Russo, born on July 26, 1979 in Castellammare di Stabia, Naples – Italy, is the author of several books of