Writing poetry, in a way, is a quest for freedom
Freedom Poems for Öcalan Spreads V2
Abdullah Ocalan
PEACE IN KURDISTAN
Press release, 4 April 2019
The poems collected in this volume are presented to Abdullah Ocalan on his 70th birthday on 4 April 2019.
They are each a gesture of solidarity and token of friendship for Ocalan himself and for the Kurdish people from whom he is inseparable.
Each poem is an expression of admiration for the spirit of the Kurds, inspired by their resilience, resistance and belief in the joy of life. The remarkable awakening of the consciousness and political activism of the Kurdish people in recent years has been engendered by the remarkable leadership and writings of Abdullah Ocalan. Despite enduring decades of incarceration removed entirely from the world, his people and denied all human contacts, Ocalan still communicates through his words and as a living example of the essential strength of the Kurdish spirit. He will not and cannot be silenced. Continue reading “FREEDOM POEMS FOR OCALAN”