For Fahmida, personal freedom and Constitutional democracy were inherently intertwined with the idea of justice
On a sultry Karachi afternoon in 2017, at the iconic Beach Luxury Hotel where I was speaking at a Literature Festival, I spotted Fahmida Riaz in a wheelchair. Making my way through the crowds, I rushed to her and offered my
The Columbian iconic poet Fernando Rendón, General Coordinator of the World Poetry Movement (WPM), addressed members in all continents with an annual greetings:
“During the months of January to April 2023 we hold virtual WPM conferences in Africa, Asia, Europe and America. In July we successfully held our in-person WPM world
I can only call it the Year of Poetry, as it celebrated me just as I did for the poem, over the full four seasons.
In Egypt, the poetry procession began with the sixth edition of the Eurasian Literary Festival (LIFFT 2023) January 29 - February 1, 2023. At its conclusion, I handed over the festival’s flag to the winner of his Gold
This week I was not sure what the right topic to write about amid all what is happening few kilometres away from where I live. In Gaza the situation is heart-breaking and the limited videos we get are devastating. Then I opened Facebook to find that The Royal film Commission in Jordan put links to a number of Palestinian films free on its
Who lives on this planet? Animals, birds, plants, micro-organisms and humans. We, humans may not be the majority of the creations yet we are the ones controlling the planet because we have brains and reason. We, people, live together on the same earth and share the same land, air and sea. We differ in our ethnicities, languages, features and
