Small mercies, Pat.
Bill
On Saturday, 6 February 2016, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> thanks Bill at least we don't get 800 lashes on our snaps project :-)
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Bill Wootton
> Sent: Friday, February 5, 2016 10:42 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Saudi Arabia: Court Lifts Death Sentence, Imposes Lashes for
> Palestinian Poet
>
> Sounds like a bloody rough trot all right, Pat. I tried dredging out some
> poems to see what all the fuss was about. Not sure how good a translation
> this is:
>
>
> http://monakareem.blogspot.com.au/2015/11/ashraf-fayadhs-disputed-poems-in.html
>
> ''flabby religion' wouldn't go down well, I'll grant but otherwise it seems
> just to be a plea for compassion for the less well-off, OK, the exploited.
>
> Bill
>
> On Friday, 5 February 2016, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]
> >
> wrote:
>
>
>>
>> https://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/free-ashraf-fayadh-saudi-arabia-palestinian-poetry-apostasy-execution
>>
>> oops just checked
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Patrick McManus
>> Sent: Friday, February 5, 2016 9:11 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Saudi Arabia: Court Lifts Death Sentence, Imposes Lashes for
>> Palestinian Poet
>>
>> Hi Kasper and all interested
>>
>> Free Ashraf, poet facing execution in Saudi Arabia ...
>> https://www.amnesty.org.uk/.../free-ashraf-fayadh-saudi-arabia-palestinia
>> .
>> ..
>> Ashraf Fayadh, a Palestinian poet and artist who lives in Saudi Arabia,
>> has
>> been sentenced to death for 'apostasy'. The Saudi Arabian authorities
>> claim
>> that his ...
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Kasper Salonen
>> Sent: Friday, February 5, 2016 1:41 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Saudi Arabia: Court Lifts Death Sentence, Imposes Lashes for
>> Palestinian Poet
>>
>> Poetry opposes barbarism, and so barbarism rears its head when opposed.
>> Poetry will not cease. But are there any campaigns to help this person?
>> Poetry must be available to activism.
>>
>> KS
>>
>> ---
>> *Kasper Salonen* (M.A./FM)
>> Freelance Translation/Journalism
>> Poet/Producer, Helsinki Poetry Connection
>> http://hkipoetryconnection.blogspot.com/
>> https://soundcloud.com/kasper_salonen
>> +358505554947
>>
>> On 4 February 2016 at 18:41, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Yes, 'our’ allies.
>>
>>>
>>> And we’ll have to keep telling them to stop…; in whatever ways we’re
>>> allowed...
>>>
>>> Doug
>>> > On Feb 4, 2016, at 3:57 AM, Patrick McManus <
>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > In Saudi Arabia, a court has overturned the death sentence against
>>> Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh, instead sentencing him to eight years in
>>> prison. Fayadh will also be subjected to 800 lashes, to be carried out
>>> over
>>> 16 occasions, and forced to renounce his poetry publicly. Fayadh had
>>> previously been convicted of apostasy and sentenced to beheading,
>>> sparking
>>> an international outcry among fellow artists.
>>> >
>>> > strewth !! P
>>>
>>> Douglas Barbour
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>> https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
>>>
>>> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations
>>> 2 (UofAPress).
>>> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
>>>
>>> Done in by creation itself.
>>>
>>> I mean the gods. Not us. Well us too.
>>> The gods moved into books. Who wrote the books?
>>> We wrote the books. In whose dream, then are we dreaming?
>>>
>>> Robert Kroetsch.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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