The July Uprising of 2024 was sparked by the reinstatement of a controversial job quota system, leading to widespread protests against the brutal regime of Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League. The government's violent crackdown, known as the July
A life has been lost to the flames of waiting,
With no second chance in sight.
Why then, this endless hope for a return?
There is no door to open,
Yet I keep reaching for eternal life in the darkness.
When will the ancient path, shaped
Open your heart’s home to others
The world’s possessions are not worth more.
Mustafa Özke, renowned poet, journalist and writer from Turkey, shares his poetry
Mustafa Özke was born on January 13, 1969, in Adana, Turkey,
In a drop of life that flows,
A genesis of existence is written,
And ethereal consciousness rests
On the nascent, quantum moon.
Leo Acosta (Pen name Julio García), a writer and poet from Nicaragua, a Central American nation, shares his
When the angel of death came
I offered him my body
He was surprised
Where is your soul?
Dr. Jernail Singh Anand, a renowned poet and writer from Chandigarh, India, shares his mystic poetry
Dr. Jernail Singh Anand, based in Chandigarh,
On August 3, Egypt’s artistic and journalistic communities celebrated the birthday of Egyptian writer and journalist Sana El Bissy, one of the most distinguished figures to have left an exceptional mark on Arab journalism. For more than five decades, she has successfully combined the sensitivity of an artist with the precision of a journalist.
Editor-in-Chief of Nisf El Donia
Sana El
