Hazara Artist Khadim Ali Joins the Board of the Art Gallery of NSW
By Elizabeth Fortescue A Hazara artist from Doonside who grew up in the shadow of Taliban persecution will join some of Sydney’s wealthiest movers and shakers on the board of the Art Gallery of NSW. Khadim Ali, 36, joins high profile AGNSW board members including businessman James Packer’s sister Gretel Packer, art collector Geoff Ainsworth, […]
The Hazara Nationalism: in Music and Historical Literature By Barakat Rastgar The Hazara nationalism was a response and reaction to the Afghan Nationalism. Hazaras thought that they were not being represented well, and they were kept away from political decision making process. The Hazara nationalism emerged in 1980s, and kept changing with circumstances. As identity […]
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Kamran Mir Hazar Poetry Translation: Marta Núñez Pouzols Nushin Arbabzadah Paperback: 72 pages Publisher: Full Page Publishing (July 1, 2014) Language: English ISBN-10: 0983770859 ISBN-13: 978-0983770855 Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.2 inches Stream of Deer reflects the voice of a freely-speaking poet from Hazaristan (Afghanistan), Kamran Mir Hazar. Escaping as a boy from […]
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POEMS FOR THE HAZARA A MULTILINGUAL POETRY ANTHOLOGY AND COLLABORATIVE POEM Executive Editor: Kamran Mir Hazar FULL PAGE PUBLISHING 2014 Reviewed By: Debasmita Ganguly With Haiku’s Body: Sometimes they want to chain your hands and feet If necessary become a fish, If necessary an elephant saved from extinction! Kamran Mir Hazar There you are…standing alone, […]
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The works of one hundred twenty five internationally recognized poets from sixty-eight countries have been published in a 600 page multilingual anthology and collaborative poem. Titled Poems for the Hazara, it’s subject is the plight of the Hazara, one of the most persecuted political/ethnic groups in the world. The Hazara have suffered repeated acts of […]
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By Richard Marcus Whenever I’ve wanted to learn something about a culture I’d read the stories the people told each other. Not the stories others tell about them, or what’s been written about them in history books, but the ones which have been passed down from generation to generation. They could be anything from myths […]
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Hazara People Rights: We have started two new poetry projects dedicated to the Hazara people. Our projects are a chain poem and a poetry anthology. So far the following 59 poets from 35 countries have joined us: Luisa Vicioso Sánchez, Dominican Republic John Curl, USA K. SATCHIDANANDAN, India Alina Beatrice Chesca, Romania Angelee Deodhar, India […]
Continue reading …World Poetry Day: 324 Poets from 93 Countries Unite to Stop Genocide of Hazara
March 21, 2013 No Comment
324 noted poets including Nobel, Pulitzer, continental and national literary prize winners as well as the presidents of the international poetry festivals, presidents of PEN clubs, and writers associations from 93 countries have chosen to release an open letter to world leaders, this March 21st . They have chosen to observe World Poetry Day by […]
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270 noted poets including Nobel, Pulitzer, continental and national literary prize winners as well as presidents of international poetry festivals, presidents of PEN clubs, and writers associations from 88 countries have signed an open letter to world leaders, declaring their solidarity with the Hazara people. For more than a century, the Hazara people of […]
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