Peace Be Upon You Davos

REPUBLISHED FROM IWABOGDANI Poems by ROKIAH BINTI HASHIM December 19, 2021 SITI RUQAIYAH HASHIM(ROKIAH HASHIM). Siti Ruqaiyah Hashim (real name Rokiah Hashim) from Malaysia is a prolifiilm critic, poet and translator. Started writing in 1987 in literature magazines and newspapers. She published a film critic book( 2015), a bi-lingual poetry book titled Catharsis/Katarsis (2015) and Spanish in 2016. Her bi-lingual anthology together with 12 others titled News From Strasbourg was published in 2017, her second bi-lingual World Peace Poem anthology titled Peace Be Upon You Davos was published in 2019 in Zagreb. Her collection of poems were translated and published in Albanian by Ditet E Naimit 2019 titled Rerat E Sri Lavender. She published translations of Shaip Emerllahu’s poems In Bahasa Melayu and English titled Epal Tetovo/Apples of Tetovo in 2019 . In 2020 she translated Jeton Kelmendi’s Love in War Times into Malay Language and publish it in Malaysia. Her books Between St...

لغزالي ومنهج الشك يقول الغزالي في كتابه ميزان العمل: "فجانبْ الالتفات إلى المذاهبِ، واطلبْ الحقَّ بطريق النّظر؛ لتكون صاحبَ مذهبٍ، ولا تكنْ في صورة أعمى تقلّدُ قائداً يُرشدك إلى طريقٍ، وحولك ألفٌ مثلُ قائِدك ينادون عليك بأنّه أهلكك وأضلّك عن سواء السّبيل. وستعلمُ في وفي كتابه المهم "المنقذ من الضلال" يسرد الغزالي ويكشف تجربته الشخصية وسيرته الذاتية وتحولاته ونقده للتقليد ولبعض جوانب علم الكلام والفلسفة ونقد الباطنية وبعض جوانب الصوفية مع علمه يقينا وبعد أن قذف الله النور في قلبه " أن الصوفية هم السالكون لطريق الله تعالى خاصة...وأخلاقهم أزكى الأخلاق"، وبحسب دكتور محمود زقزوق في كتابه" المنهج الفلسفي بين الغزالي وديكارت" فقد توصل الغزالي في النهاية إلى اليقين الفلسفي الذي لا يتزعزع والذي عبر عنه بعودة الثقة في الضروريات العقلية...". الغزالي يدفعنا ويحضنا على الشك في التقليد والشك بالحواس والشك بالعقل والشك بالمذاهب والقادة..الخ بمنهجية علمية من أجل الوصول إلى الحقيقة واليقين والعلم والتقييم والحكم على الأمور. لقد قدم الغزالي للفكر الفلسفي نم...

BIODATA Dr. Maria. A. Miraglia, An educationist, a bilingual poet, a translator, an essayist in Italian and English, a ministerial lecturer for English language teachers, a peace activist for long, and an active member of Amnesty International and several other peace and literary organizations, is a recipient of several awards. She is a founding member and a Literary Director of several literary organizations and international editorial boards. Dr. Maria Miraglia has recently been elected to the European Academy of Science and Arts-Salzburg. POEMS BY MARIA MIRAGLIA LIFE I feel you slipping away when stars turn on up there the birds are silent asleep the fields and still is the sea I think in the silence I can hear its footsteps and slow the fear of the eternal night and the unknown takes up space until sleep comes and then the morning It’s at dawn with the first colors of the new coming day which rekindles the meaning of things that I go back to ...

KELLY KAUR Originally from Singapore, Kelly Kaur is an internationally published writer now residing in Canada. Kelly's novel, Letters to Singapore, published by Stonehouse Publishing, May 2022, was launched in Canada and Ubud, Bali. Her works have been published internationally. Here are some of them: Understorey Magazine, Blindman Session Beer Cans, Best Asian Stories 2020, Let In the Light, Asia Anthology, Best Asian Poetry 2021-2022, International Human Rights Arts Festival, New York (2021and 22022), The North Dakota Human Rights Arts Festival Travelling Exhibition, Growing Up Indian (Singapore Anthology 2022), and Landed: Transformative Stories of Canadian Immigrant Women ( September 2022). Kelly’s poem, “The Justice of Death,” was awarded Honorable Mention in the Creators of Justice Literary Awards, International Human Rights Art Festival, New York. She was selected for The Only Question Project, Mannheim-Calgary. Ulyanovsk UNESCO City of Literature: Authors in Conversat...

BIODATA OF JETON KELMENDI JETON KELMENDI Poet, playright, publicist, translator, publisher. Born in the city of Peja, Kosovo (1978), Jeton Kelmendi completed his studies at the University of Pristina in Mass communication.He finished his second master degree in diplomacy and PhD in the “Influence of media in EU Political Security Issues”. He is professor at AAB University College. He is active member of the European Academy of Science and Arts in Salzburg Austria. For many years he has written poetry, prose, essays and short stories. He is a regular contributor to many newspapers, in Albania and abroad, writing on many cultural and political topics, especially concerning international affairs.Jeton Kelmendi became well known in Kosova, after the publication of his first book entitled: “The Century of Promises” (“Shekulli i Premtimeve”), published in 1999.His poems are translated into more that twenty-seven languages and published in several international Literature Anthologies....

ANDROULLA SHATI (Dali, Lefkosia, Cyprus) She studied English language and literature at the University of London and on her return to Cyprus started teaching English. She is a mother of 4 sons and six grandsons.. For the past 12 years she is responsible for the Public Relations of a textile recycling organisation. She has been involved in bicommunal work for over 20 years. Greek and Turkish speaking Cypriots working together for peace and the reunification of our common motherland. She writes poetry in blank verse in Greek as well as the Greek Cypriot dialect in the form of 15 syllable rhyming couplets and occasionally in English. She also sings professionally in both Greek and the Cypriot dialect. Her poetry has been published in anthologies such as SALT BOUNDARIES and other anthologies, newspapers and magazines. Her poems have been translated to 7 languages. Her first personal poetry book in three languages came out in Istanbul in September 2017 and was published by Arts...

BIOGRAPHY HANAN AWWAD President of Palestinian Pen and was Cultural Advisor to His Excellency Yasser Arafat. Also Cultural Advisor, to the The Governorate of Jerusalem and Member of Palestine National Council --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scholar, writer and poet Hanan Awwad is a Palestinian woman with an extensive firsthand knowledge of the strife-torn history of her people. Dr. Awwad was born in Jerusalem-Palestine; she comes from a notable family of scholars, whose legacy to her has been a strong attachment to her Palestinian homeland, together with an abiding determination to work towards removing the destabilizing features in present-day Arab society. She is a passionate advocate in universal freedoms and Human Rights. As a renowned writer, Dr. Awwad has published several works in poetry, prose, politics and literature. Among her important works: (I write with my blood,1983),(The Bethrothed returns.1988),(I have...