Mother, see the dust of my lonely sorrow — I need your prayers; I am drowning in my own swamp. It seems from the day I was born my fate …
Black Christmas (Mohammad Ali Maleki)
Ah, black Christmas, you’ve arrived again, too soon. Why did you hurry back? We’re not glad to see you, we’ve been imprisoned for so many years. Ah, black Christmas — …
Exit (Mohammad Ali Maleki)
Exit Have you ever heard about our years of sorrow? From fear of death we fled our homes for here. We didn’t know we were traveling to the city of …
Mind Goals (Mohammad Ali Maleki)
June 20 is United Nations World Refugee Day, a day where we hold the 25.9 million refugees of the world in our thoughts. Refugees around the world have made and …
A Christian in Manus Prison (Mohammad Ali Maleki)
Dedicated to my brothers in Bomana Immigration Prison There is no one left in this world who has not heard your name. Everyone knows your story. We humans are all …
HEART’S WORDS IN EXILE: Janet Galbraith Reviews Truth in the Cage by Mohammad Ali Maleki. Plus, a Poetic Film Based on Mohammad’s Poem ‘Brother’, Directed by Siân Darling.
Truth in the Cage, with its very title, immediately claims that what we are hearing is truth. It is a truth that has been caged, a truth that those outside …
TRUTH IN THE CAGE
You can find my whole life in my poems, like a letter to God. – Mohammad Ali Maleki Verity La and Rochford Street Press are proud to announce the publication of Mohammad …
ONWARDS! Plans for 2018 and Christmas Wishes from Manus
Dear Readers, As we hurtle towards the vortex otherwise known as Christmas, we at Verity La would like to thank YOU for journeying with us this year. 2017 has been …
TRUTH IN THE CAGE
(Mohammad Ali Maleki)
You can find my whole life in my poems like a letter to God — Mohammad Ali Maleki Translated by Manus Island detainee Mansour Shoushtari Edited by Michele Seminara and Marilyn …
Discoursing Diaspora
It’s International Diversity Day and at Verity La we’re taking this opportunity to announce our Discoursing Diaspora writing and arts project. International Diversity Day (also known as World Day for Cultural Diversity, Dialogue …