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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