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REVIEW: Abandoned House by The Sea/Rumah Kosong Di tepi Laut By Adziah Aziz A brief biography of Knut Odegard, states that he was born in Molde, Norway in 1945 and started writing since 1967 which in a way brought him success to his published books. Knut Ordegard, had been internationally recognized with high quality poems whilst his poetry books were translated into 42 languages. And Siti Ruqaiyah Hashim’s translation of Knut Odegard’s poems into Malay language makes it 43. He is also a highly decorated writer and had received many awards from Norway and overseas. According to Prof. Jeton Kelmendi PhD, a member of European Academy of Science and Arts, Knut Odegard’s poetry is like a mountain filled with all kinds of plant, encompass a wide variety of styles, approaches, and themes, making him a brilliant poet. To Siti Ruqaiyah Hashim, a Malaysian poet, she sees Knut Odegard as a comrade and a poet who has a deep poetic thoughts. She had been translating and working with his po...

IN BERLIN In Berlin I filled up forms Applying for political asylum But my tears flowed non-stop And I had to stop writing When told I could not go back Maybe for the rest of my life The white guy at the Human Rights office Kept quiet for a long time and kept looking at me Seeing it was very difficult for me To let go of my beloved country Then he asked me To think carefully And take time Until I am very sure of myself Two weeks later The world stopped turning Due to Corvid 19 In Sarajevo Few weeks later A vacant Malaysian plane Took us back to my homeland ‘Your PM really loves you’ The officer at the empty Butmir airport counter joked with me ‘Yes, maybe someone knew I was applying for political asylum in Berlin recently’ I replied He laughed heartily While his beautiful blue eyes caressing my face I joined his laughter In prayer I touched my forehead to the floor of the hotel lobby Used to quarantine us Oh my God Maybe that’s wh...

THIS LOVE TRANSLATED INTO TURKISH BU AŞK bu aşk yavaş yavaş ilerliyordu ve ben acele etmek istemedim. yer açmak için kendime kalbime ruhuma izin verdim bana yol ve yön göstermesine adımlarımın beni götüreceği yere kalbimin olması gerektiği yere Sufi ayinlerinin ve dualarının soğuk sessiz gecelerine duygular zindanında bekleyen ben miyim yoksa sen misin? ve büyüleyici adımlarla durmadan dans ediyoruz Rokiah Hashim Kuala Lumpur-Pogradec Temmuz 2018-Ekim 2018 Çeviri: Eser Ceran Erdi THIS LOVE This love crept slowly and I didn’t want to be in a hurry ...

POEMS BY SITI RUQAIYAH HASHIM TRANSLATED INTO TURKISH BY BAKI YIGIT BÖYLE ZAMANDA Böyle zamanda elini tutmak istiyorum sana sıkıca sarılıp omzunda ağlamak sen de ağlayabilirsin benim omzumda istediğin kadar çünkü hiç hafiflemiyor acı dalgaları aslında onlar gitgide artan aşağılanmalarımız ve biz yalnızca izleyebildik kelimeler yararsız olduğundan Filistin ah Filistin! Gençliğimden beri duydum acılarının öykülerini ve yetiştik yaklaşarak günbatımına senin gözyaşlarınla İnsanım benim sık sık söyledim senin acın benim acımdır böyle zamanda benim huzursuzluğum birleşir seninkiyle biz yenilenler ayrılmayıp birlikte kaldık senin istediğin gibi. Çeviren: Baki Yiğit AT TIME LIKE THIS At time like this I want to hold your hands hug you tightly and cry on your shoulder as loud as possible and let you cry on my shoulder as much as you want because the wave of pain not decreasing at all in fact they are more humiliations after humilia...

Thank you again Biljana Biljanovska for translating my poem GAZA! OH GAZA 2!! Into Italian from English. Poem was originally written in Malay Language. GAZA! Oh Gaza 2!!(Italiano) (Al Quads dialogo con M) Rokiah Hashim, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) M, Di nuovo sto arrampicando Sempre urlando Non mi soffermo E non vado a fermarmi Per sempre Gli spiriti dei martirizati Tocano mio cuore e l'anima, penso El Fatihah* Per tutti coloro Che sono caduti a Khan Younus, Jabalyija Ma anche a Al Ahli e Al Shifa ospedali Etc... Etc... Etc... Dr Mads disse Anni in Gaza E Al Shifa è diventata sua seconda casa, Non aveva mai Sparato Né una solo HAMAS proetille Nel corridoi di chirurgia O del recezione O dei dipartimenti infantili. All'improvviso soldati Zionisti hanno detto Al Shifa è il Centro di comandamento di HAMAS L'arroganza di Benjamin affila la lama Ovvia, questa porta del priggione avviene più vicino a lui Perché lui ha inventato tutte ...

Thank you to all my friends who are very much in solidarity with Palestine. After I published my poem GAZA! OH GAZA 2!! in Malay language, few friends contacted me and ask me to translate it into English because they want to translate it into their own mother tongue.Thank you to all of them.As a result, its being translated into Serbian, Italian and Arabic at the moment. GAZA! OH GAZA 2!!(ENGLISH) (Al Quds dialogue with M) BY ROKIAH HASHIM M, I am scratching again Howling again Not stopping at all And will not stop Forever Spirits of the martyrs Filling my heart and soul I think AlFatihah* For all of them Those who fell in Khan Younis, Jabaliya Also in Al Ahli and Al Shifa hospitals Etc…Etc….Etc… Dr Mads said Years in Gaza And Al Shifa became his second home He never Picked Even a single HAMAS bullets At the surgery ward corridors Or the obstrectrics Or the children’s wards Suddenly the Zionist soldiers said Al Shifa is HAMAS command center ...

GAZA! OH GAZA 2!! (Dialog Al Quds dengan M) M, Aku mencakar lagi Menyalak lagi Tak henti-henti Dan tak akan berhenti Sampai bila-bila Semangat para syuhada Menyerap ke jantungku agaknya Alfatihah Untuk mereka Yang gugur di Khan Younis,Jabaliya, Juga di Al Ahli dan Al Shifa, Dll…..dll….dll Kata Dr Mads Berbelas tahun dia di Gaza Dan Al Shifa menjadi rumah keduanya Tak pernah Sebutir peluru HAMAS pun yang dikutipnya Di koridor wad pembedahan Atau wad bersalin Atau wad kanak-kanak Tiba-tiba tentera Zionis berkata Al Shifa adalah pusat operasi HAMAS! Keangkuhan Bibi sudah sampai ke puncaknya Atau pintu penjara semakin hampir dengannya Lalu dia mencipta berbagai naratif bohong Seperti sahabatnya di sini Yang menghambur kebohongan demi kebohongan Bila membuka mulut hancingnya Samada tentera muda itu buta, Berhalusinasi Atau ketakutan Dan mereka nampak yang bukan-bukan Kerana katanya Mereka tidak melihat kelibat pejuang AL Qassam Yang t...

BIODATA OF DOMENICO PISANA DOMENICO PISANA was born in Modica in 1958, is the Founding President of the Caffè Letterario Quasimodo, a literary circle, which has been promoting forten years the cultural, poetical and literary valorization of the Iblean territory. After having finished his degree in Theology, he obtained a Ph.d in Moral Theology at the Accademia Alfonsiana dell’Università Lateranense and the II level Master in School Leadership. He has been a journalist since 1985 and is the Director of the online newspaper www.radiortm.it . He published: 10 poetry books, 11 volumes about literary criticism , among which there is the essay on Quasimodo Quel Nobel venuto dal Sud – Salvatore Quasimodo tra gloria ed oblio (2006), 11 theological and ethical texts , among which the book Sulla tua parola getterò le reti (1999), published by Edizioni San Paolo, stands out and were fully translated in Polish and Spanish language, historical and political volumes. Domenico Pisana’s poetry...

BIODATA OF BILJANA BILJANOVSKA BILJANA Z. BILJANOVSKA, from Northen Macedonia, Skopje, is a professional (freelance) journalist , writer- novelist , poet, essayist, and translator . Most of schooling in the Serbo-Croatian language, in Belgrade, and finished elementary and high school, and part of university education. She graduated from the State University " St. Cyril and Methodius " , Faculty of Philology in Skopje, on the group Romance Philology, where she studied French and Italian languages, literature and culture. On several occasions she was abroad in Italy to improve translation and interpretation in the High School of translators and interpreters in Milan, Italy. She also translates from Macedonian into Serbian language, also translates from French and Italian authors into Macedonian and Serbian language, and from Serbian and Macedonian into Franch and Italian language. She is author of several journalistic collections, poetry books, novel...

THE AVATAR OF 1786 Decolonizing the Penang history A CLOSURE TO THE PULAU PINANG HISTORY AND OPENING THE PANDORA BOX. BY PROF AHMAD MURAD MERICAN For almost twenty years, Prof Ahmad Murad Merican diligently, passionately and with utmost commitments wrote and examined in details the narratives of history of Pulau Pinang. Currently a Professor of Social and Intellectual History in International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization, International Islamic University Malaysia (ISTAC-IIUM) he had written extensively on the history of social science, journalism studies and problems of representations on the narrative of Pulau Pinang, his home state. Pulau Pinang is an island in the northern part of peninsula Malaysia. Malaysia was formed in 1963 and originally it was known as Malaya (Tanah Melayu) when she was a British colony until independence was achieved in 1957. Pulau Pinang was part of an old Malay Kingdom called Kedah on the mainland of Malaya under the ...

BIOGRAFI ÖVER SITI RUQAIYAH HASHIM Rokiah Hashim från Malaysia skriver under namnet Siti Ruqaiyah Hashim. Hon tog examen i teater och drama vid University of Science i Malaysia, fortsatte sedan sina studier vid University of Sydney och fick en postgraduate-examen i översättning från Institute of Translations and Books i Malaysia. Från och med 1987 har hennes dikter och noveller publicerats i vanliga litteraturtidskrifter och dagstidningar. Hon är också en flitig film- och teaterkritiker och har sedan 2007 skrivit i sin kolumn i en stor nationell dagstidning i Malaysia. 2015 publicerade hon en bok om filmkritik och ca 250 artiklar. En tvåspråkig antologi med hennes dikter med titeln Catharsis/Katarsis på engelska och Bahasa Melayu publicerades 2015 och på spanska 2016. Hennes tvåspråkiga antologi tillsammans med 12 andra världsfredspoeter med titeln News From Strasbourg publicerades 2017. All översättning till Bahasa Melayu gjordes av Siti Ruqaiyah själv. Hennes andra tvåspråkiga ...

BIODATA OF BILJANA BILJANOVSKA BILJANA Z. BILJANOVSKA, from Northen Macedonia, Skopje, is a professional (freelance) journalist , writer- novelist , poet, essayist, and translator . Most of schooling in the Serbo-Croatian language, in Belgrade, and finished elementary and high school, and part of university education. She graduated from the State University " St. Cyril and Methodius " , Faculty of Philology in Skopje, on the group Romance Philology, where she studied French and Italian languages, literature and culture. On several occasions she was abroad in Italy to improve translation and interpretation in the High School of translators and interpreters in Milan, Italy. She also translates from Macedonian into Serbian language, also translates from French and Italian authors into Macedonian and Serbian language, and from Serbian and Macedonian into Franch and Italian language. She is author of several journalistic collections, poetry books, novel...

Siti Ruqaiyah HASHIM una poetessa Malesiana È venuta dalla lontanissima Malesia sui Balcani per trovare nuovi spazi d’ispirazione e di rilasso creativo. Con un senso molto sviluppato per la giustizia umana, Siti Ruquaiyah Hashim scrive una poesia piena di ribello contro i potenti che minacciano l’intero mondo con suo desiderio insaziabile d’impandronirsi di tutti i beni del mondo e diventare sempre più ricchi. Ma inanzi tutto con una idea molto concreta: come crescere la pace nel mondo attraverso i versi e la poesia creata nelle lingue del mondo intero. Con molta tenerezza descrive anche la sua devozione verso le persone amate, verso la vita in genere, verso tutti coloro che l’ hanno spinto di fare qualcosa di più per la crescita dell’ umanesimo in genere, nonostante la provenienza, nazionalità, o la religione. Ultimamente, con un desiderio molto preciso, aveva preparato la sua nuova Antologia bilingue inglese/malesiana “PACE SU DI TE DAVOS” (PEACE BE UPON YOU DAVOS) dove ol...

ANNABEL VILLAR Poet and cultural activist. Founding member Liceo Poetico de Benidorm; Associate Academic and Honorary Member American Academy of Modern Literature; Director “Azul” Poetry Collection and International Poetry Festival "Benidorm & Costa Blanca"; Founding Member Student Academy of Contemporary Art (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Chair No. 6 "Gabriela Mistral") Author of “Viaje al Sur del Sur” (2015), “Cantar la Vida” (XVI Provincial Poetry Prize of Aspe, Alicante, 2015), “Meditación” (bilingual Spanish-English, 2017) and “Claustrofobia & Vértigo ”( (bilingual Spanish-English, 2018) POEMS FROM ANNABEL VILLAR ALICIA DETRÁS DEL ESPEJO “Alicia: ¿Cuánto tiempo es para siempre? Conejo Blanco: A veces sólo un segundo” Lewis CARROLL Alicia no sabía que detrás del espejo no existía un país de maravillas. Ni tampoco sabía -mientras se deslizaba- que no había luz al final del túnel. Sólo estaba la vida cotidiana secuestrando las h...

ZAČARANI KRUG More nije sretno, Nije sretna zemlja, Sretan nije zrak On umoran je kao težak, Kao utovarni radnik, Za šljunak, za ugljen, Crn kao mrak... I sunce probija se kroz njega mukom, Samo vrlom snagom Svakim zrakom, tragom... Voda tek je sasvim Bez sreće, Zatečena, začuđena, Što začin joj je samo smeće! Eh, čovječe, ti i tako sretan nisi Sred haosa kojeg Praviš sam, Jer opsjednut si Igrom moći, sav zanesen, zaigran! VICIOUS CIRCLE The sea is not happy, Not a happy ground Happy is not the air He's as tired as hard, As a loading worker, For gravel, for coal, Black as darkness ... And the sun broke through him with anguish, Only with great strength With every ray, trace ... The water is still quite No luck, Taken aback, astonished, What a spice it is just garbage! Eh, man, you and that you are not happy In the midst of the chaos of which You say, Because you're obsessed A game of power, all enthusiastic, playful! N...

BIODATA OF W. B. BAYRIL   Poet, writer and art critic. He graduated from Fine Art Academy of İstanbul Faculty of Basic Design, Art Critique and Art History (1985). He completed his masters thesis in the same faculty. He established ŞiirAtı (meaning: Pegasus) publications with his associates in 1985. That review made revulation in Turkish poetry history. His poems and articles about painting, literature and poetry have been published in many reviews and newspapers. He is one of the famous publishers of ŞiirAtı (Pegasus) reviews. He recevied an honorable mention from the review Yarın, in the field of poetry critique in 1983 and an honorable mention at the Enka Science and Art Award with famous poet’s. (1986) He won the 1992 Behçet Necatigil Poetry Award with his first book Melek Geçti (Angel Passed) and the Writers Union of Turkey Award for Şer Cisimler (Evil Things) in 2000. Poetry Books: Angel Passed (1992), Evil Things (2000), Desolate Desire (2009), Diamond Distress (2016), Ros...