Fwd: ANTHOLOGY ON UKRAINE

[Doctor Fab]

Hello ALL,

Our latest anthology, 'UKRAINE FOREVER: THE VALUE OF DEMOCRACY AND PEACE', has been published at Amazon:

— ebook:

• https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BKYJQ8C1/

— paperback:

• https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BL54GHGL/

The anthology collects poems and some prose pieces on the criminal Russian invasion of peaceful Ukraine: an invasion that has generated the largest and most violent war fought in Europe since the end of WW2.

The poets who'd like to get a PDF copy of the book can let me know.

___

And this is a reminder:

• ''We Cut Our Hair — Women, Life, Freedom''  — Submission Deadline: November 30
• "Fire, Water, Hunger, War: A Collapsing World"  — new Deadline: December 31

Project  — 'Women, Life, Freedom':

This is about the protests that are still growing in Iran after the death of Mahsa Amini, on Sept. 16  — She was arrested and then beaten to death by Iranian "morality police of Islamic Republic" for not wearing the hijab in accordance with the islamic standards set by the government. The protests are motivated by a popular desire for freedom and democracy, but the government's response has been  —and it continues to be— brutal: hundreds of Iranian citizens have been killed; thousands have been imprisoned. Most of them are young —even children have been killed. Many of them are women/girls.

Project — 'A Collapsing World':

"Climate pledges are falling short, and a chaotic future looks more like reality" (NYT)

As the title states, the topic of this anthology is a broad one, so it is open to the human-made climate change and also all human-made "disasters", such as devastating fires, floods or droughts that occur increasingly in so many parts of the planet; as well as conflicts/wars (in Ukraine, Ethiopia, Yemen, Myanmar,...) which have not only regional but global effects, 'cause they determine serious political and economic consequences, aggravating famine, poverty and immense inequality.

Best

F.

.

Book Covers: the 1st is the ebook; the paperback's the 2nd.

[Doctor Fab]

Dear Sayeed,

nice to hear from you. I trust you and your family are well.

Since you have a poem on Ukraine, you can still send it: I can add it to our anthology, 'Fire, Water, Hunger, War: A Collapsing World'.

In fact, as the title states, the topic of this anthology is a broad one, so it is open to human-made climate change and also all human-made "disasters", such as devastating fires, floods or droughts that occur increasingly in so many parts of the planet; as well as conflicts/wars that have not only regional but global effects, since they determine serious political and economic consequences, aggravating famine, poverty and immense inequality.

Participants in this anthology must submit their contribution to our google-group 12. Poetry for Our Planet
All registered poets can send their poems directly to the Group EMAIL: 12-poetry-fo...@googlegroups.com

Send your poem(s) before the end of the year.

You may also send a poetic contribution to our other anthology, 'We Cut Our Hair — Women, Life, Freedom', on the protests in Iran (see below what Negar wrote).

The submission deadline for this project is NOVEMBER 30.

Best regards

F.

_______________

Dear fellow poets,

On 16 September 2022, the 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini (#MahsaAmini) was arrested and then beaten to death by Iranian "morality police of Islamic Republic" for not wearing the hijab in accordance with the islamic standards set by the government.
Amini's death resulted in a series of large-scale protests in Tehran and across the country, and even garnered a statement from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees focusing on violence against women in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The government's response to the protest has been brutal: the internet was shut down and the police has opened fire on the demonstrators. Yet the number of people protesting has grown and more and more public figures are supporting us, in Iran and from abroad.
Indeed we can't accept to be silenced because we are #MahsaAminis’ voice.

This is not just a feminist protest, but rather it is a protest for protecting the human rights of everyone: women and men, girls and boys, religious and non-religious people.
This is why I'm reaching out to you: to invite you to write poems and/or short stories about and for the Iranian people, so as to make our message stronger.

Poems and short stories will be collected and published by Fabrizio Frosini & Poets Unite Worldwide: an Anthology for #MahsaAmini, Iran and Iranian people with the title "Women, Life, Freedom" — it is the slogan of our movement, the Iranian women's movement against compulsory hijab.

Please, help us to make the whole world hear our voice!

_______________

On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 5:45 AM Sayeed Abubakar <sayeedabu...@gmail.com> wrote:

Congratulation.

Alas! I had a poem on Ukraine. I could have sent it. I missed it. But best wishes for all.