Hiraeth

I have forgotten
the day I left
my mother's womb

but I remember
the day I left
my cherished home.

#poetry #rohingya #poet #home

I'm delighted to receive some copies of the @pensydney.bsky.social magazine I am blessed to be part of along with some other fellow poets Jaber RC, Jaitun Nara and Mohammed Arshad Amin. Many thanks dear Claudia for sending this my way.

I condemn my mother
for giving a birth to me
in such a world wherein
being a human is a crime.

I'm from somewhere
I want to forget but I can't,
and even in my coma,
I take its name with pride.

#rohingya #refugee #home #poetry

I know this holds some bitterness but all it takes to agree is only to be humane.

#rohingya #poetry #internationallaw

The rainfall and windflaw have been torrential in Cox's Bazar Rohingya Refugee Camp and the refugees have been coping badly with landside and the destruction of frail shelters.

[The poem dates back to last year's monsoon and was published in my second book, “Still I Smile”.]

📢 PEN Sydney’s May 2025 magazine is now online and free to read!

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An article of mine on my experience as an exile and a refugee has been published in the @pensydney.bsky.social May Magazine. Some poems of mine and of fellow poets have been attached along with the article.

The link to the magazine: pen.org.au/wp-content/u...

Please find us through page 30-35.

I'm pleased to contribute one of my poems written in my mother tongue and translated into English to the latest issue of @othersidelitmag.bsky.social, “Other Tongue Mother Tongue”.

The book available online to purchase: othersideofhope.com/volume-42.html

Join us for the online launch of Other Tongue, Mother Tongue – a celebration of language, migration & poetry with 9 poets from around the world.

🗓️ 24 April | 6–8PM BST
📍 Online | Free
🎟️ Register: buytickets.at/theotherside...

#TheOtherSideOfHope #RefugeeVoices #PoetryEvent

The Journey of a Young Rohingya Literateur

For Sirajul, writing is more than self-expression; it is resistance. His poetry bears witness to trauma, amplifies silenced voices, and preserves the Rohingya identity that state violence has long tried to erase.

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The international community now sees the other side of the NUG and Aung San Suu Kyi. Nobel Peace Laureate Suu Kyi, known as the mother of democracy in Myanmar, does not support recognition of the Rohingya's right to citizenship.

www.thedailystar.net/opinion/view...

“A community that denies women their rights is a community that denies its own progress.”

— Sirajul Islam

#internationalwomensday #accelerateaction #rights #equality #empowerment

Out of devastation, I wrote this poem back in 2023 when WFP first reduced rations for the Rohingya. Now, I am devastated once again by coming across WFP halving their current food supply.

Learn more: www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Last Night, I Was Awake

With a mind full of relief,
I lay down on your supple thigh.
With your tender hands,
you caressed my hair,
it felt as though I was in heaven.

— Sirajul Islam

#rohingya #poetry #poet #writer #love #emotion

Sirajul Islam, a Rohingya writer and activist in Jamtoli camp, expressed to me recently: “Bangladesh plays the most crucial role in ensuring justice and accountability for us and our repatriation with the fulfillment of our demands.

www.jamhoor.org/read/the-pri...