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‘Write My Name’ Poem and Bare Life of Palestinian

The poem ‘Write My Name’ by Zeina Azzam is a brief reflection on the plight of Palestinian people in Palestine Write my name…. Write my name on my leg mama… Use the black permanent marker, with the ink that doesn’t bleed if it gets wet, the one that doesn’t melt if it’s exposed to

Remembering Pakistani Poet Fahmida Riaz, Who Feared Fanaticism Everywhere

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

Women – Poetry from Greece

Eva Petropoulou Lianou, a renowned poetess and author of children’s literature from Greece, the cradle of Western Civilization, shares her poems Eva Petropoulou-Lianou was born in Xylokastro, Greece. In 1994 she worked as a journalist for the French newspaper “Le Libre Journal” but her love for Greece won her over and

A touching memoir about the lived experience of mental illness in India

A new book by psychologist Scherezade Siobhan ‘That Beautiful Elsewhere’ spotlights the sociocultural factors and everyday stresses that can lead to mental illness, juxtaposed with a broken psychiatric system in India. We are all storytellers who live and share stories of ourselves and of others. But there are some stories that

A Piece of Bread… A Bouquet of Poems from Italy

Angela Kosta, a renowned poetess and writer, born in Albania and based in Italy, shares her three poems Angela Kosta was born in Albania in 1973 and has lived in Italy since 1995. She is also a translator, essayist, literary critic and promoter. She has published 11 books – novels, poems and fairy tales in Albanian, Italian and