100 poets from around the world protest against the killing of poets, mothers and children in war

By Alireza Bahrami,
Editor-in-chief of Asre Rowshan magazine

TEHRAN: One hundred freedom-loving poets from around the world protested against the killing of 3 poets in Israel’s attacks on Iran and Gaza, as well as against the killing of mothers and children anywhere in the world.

These 100 poets from different countries and continents signed a protest statement that was written at the initiative of Iranian poet Alireza Bahrami, editor-in-chief of Asre Rowshan magazine.

“The monster of war is destructive. It is the enemy of people’s lives and all human values that have been tried to be discovered for centuries.
The monster of war is against all creation and is the beginning of destruction. It kills children and women. The demon of war also kills poets; the heirs of water, wisdom and light.
Parnia Abbasi, an Iranian poet, was killed in her bed, at home, by one of the Israeli attacks on Tehran. She was 24 years old and did not have the opportunity to see the publication of her first book of poetry.
Heba Abu Nada was another poet who was killed a few months ago in the bombings of Gaza by the army of the occupying army of Israel. She was 32 years old and published several books of poetry. Rifaat al-Arir was also a 44-year-old poet and university lecturer who was killed in the same way.
Poets are narrators of the beauties of the world and life who reveal the ugly face of war.
We, the freedom-loving poets of the world, with respect for the difference in human beliefs, condemn the murder of children, mothers and poets everywhere in the world.
We hope that politicians will reach a point of transformation that they will read a book of poetry and then think a little.

Signatories:

1. Ali Al-Shalah – Iraq
2. Alireza Bahrami – Iran
3. Ahmed Mossad Ahmed – Egypt
4. Alex Pausides – Cuba
5. Al-Hassan Al-Kameh – Morocco
6. Amer Al-Tayeb – Iraq
7. Ana María Oviedo Palomares – Venezuela
8. Angela Kosta – Albania
9. Anne Waldman – USA
10. Annie John – India
11. Antonio Trujillo – Venezuela
12. Armine Vaghramyan Pahlavuni – Armenia
13. Ashraf Aboul-Yazid (Ashraf Dali) – Egypt
14. Augustin Guambo – Ecuador
15. Avaz Qurbanlı – Azerbaijan
16. Belen Ojeda – Venezuela
17. Benjamin Martinez Hernandez – Venezuela
18. Bhawani Shankar Nial – India
19. Bhoj Kumar Dhamala – Nepal
20. Cao Shui – China
21. Carlos Aldazabel – Argentina
22. Chari Gumeta – Mexico
23. Deena Elsheikh – Canada
24. Edgar Mendez – Venezuela
25. Elisa Mascia – Italy
26. Eralieva Umutkan Polotovna – Kyrgyzstan
27. Ertekin -Turkey
28. EVA Petropoulou Lianou – Greece
29. Eyup Yelgen – Turkey
30. Fatima mahdi sahmarani – Lebanon
31. Feira Lisboa – Venezuela
32. Felipe Garcia Quentero – Colombia
33. Franca Colozzo – Italy
34. Francesco Favetta – Italy
35. Francis Kurkiev – Eastern Europe
36. Freddy Nunez – Venezuela
37. Ferhat Yaşar – Turkey
38. Fernando Rendon – Colombia
39. Georg Onsy – Egypt
40. Giselle Lucia Navarro – Cuba
41. Hamid Nazarkhah Alisaraei – Iran
42. Hassan Najmi – Morocco
43. Heyk Piment – Brazil
44. Ilaria Giovinazzo – Italy
45. Javier Cevalloos Perugachia – Ecuador
46. Joussette Rivodo – Venezuela
47. Kari Krenn- Argentina
48. Kristina Anastasia Veras Brzin- Slovenia
49. Leonardo G. Ruiz – Venezuela
50. Leonardo Gustavo Ruiz – Venezuela
51. Linda Kamel – Algeri
52. Luica Estrada – Colombia
53. Manik chakrabarty – Bangladesh
54. Marcia Batista Ramos – Brazil
55. Marco Antonio Rodríguez Sequeiros – Bolivia
56. Maria Kolovou Roumelioti – Greece
57. Marlene Ayala – Argentina
58. Maria Laura Blanco – Uruguay
59. Melin Nova – India
60. Melissa Sauma Vaca – Bolivia
61. Melita Mely Ratković – Serbia
62. Memo Acuna – Costa Rica
63. Moamen Samir – Egypt
64. Monica Neri – Romania
65. Mohsen Karimi Rahjerdi – Iran
66. Muhammad Amir Hossain – Bangladesh
67. Muhammad Shamsul Huq Babu – Bangladesh
68. Muhammad Shanazar – Pakistan
69. Najat Abdulla – Iraq
70. Narek Manveli Paponzh Arakelyan – Armenia
71. Nazlı Şehzade – Turkey
72. Nia Amira Osman – Indonesia
73. Niloy Rafiq – Bangladesh
74. Nurcan Ateş – Turky
75. Nursel Ertekin -Turkey
76. Nusseiba AttaAllah – Algeria
77. Penélope Claret Toro León – Venezuela
78. Perwaiz Shaharyar – India
79. Reem Gomri – Tunisia
80. Rodolfo Ramirez Soto – Colombia
81. Saber Sadipoor – Iran
82. Sadik Beşirli – Iraq (Turkmen)
83. Sadikur Rahman Rumen – Bangladesh
84. Samar Najia – USA
85. Sanjukta Dasgupta – India
86. Sepideh Jodeyri – Iran – USA
87. Shirley Villalba – Paraguay
88. Subhrasankar – India
89. Sudipto Chatterjee – India
90. Sumana Naznin – Bangladesh
91. Sylvie Marie – Belgium
92. Tumpa Pal – India
93. Turkia Loucif – Algeria
94. Vahid Talat – Iran
95. Virginia Fernandez Collado – Spain
96. Wali Mahmud – Bangladesh 
97. Wingston Gonzales – Guatemala
98. Yudum Mingan – Turkey
99. Zahra Khorshidi – UAE
100. Zeinab Akil – Lebanon