“I Will Always Be on the Side of Women’, says Nadia Wassef, who has three master’s degrees and a diverse background in literature, social anthropology, and creative writing
What inspired you and your sister to start Diwan,
A raindrop whispered to the cloud above:
“You are my heart’s desire, my eternal love.
I fall beneath your shadow, lost in gaze,
Yearning to meet you, in ethereal ways.”
Yasir Qazi, a writer and poet from Sindh, Pakistan
She is a burning candle of profound and magnanimous love
Leaving behind the disdain and contempt of windy night
Shakil Ahmed, a renowned poet from Assam state of India, shares his poem
Shakil Ahmed was born on 31st January 1969 at
Come, my love, gather me in your arms,
Before I leave this sanctuary, we hold in our palms.
The sanctuary, we call life.
Tasneem Hossain, a renowned multi-lingual poet from Bangladesh, shares her poem
Tasneem Hossain, majoring in English
Broken
We are broken from previous years
We are broken and weak
Do not come with gifts and close mind
We cannot believe words.
Eva Lianou Petropoulou, an author and poet from Greece, the cradle of Western Civilization, shares her
Observation requires patience, empathy, humility, and courage. It asks us to see people and situations as they are, not as we assume or prefer them to be.
By Abdullah Usman Morai | Sweden
In the fast-paced, digitally connected world we inhabit, it has become increasingly difficult to simply observe. We see something or someone, and within seconds, our minds craft a label. “He’s
