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Choman HardiChoman Hardi is a poet and painter who was born and raised in Sulaimaniya, Kurdistan. She lived in Iran and Turkey before arriving in England in 1993. Her collections of poetry (in Kurdish) are Return with no memory (Denmark, 1996) and Light of the shadows (Sweden, 1998), and Life for Us (Bloodaxe Books, 2004) in English. She was the chair of Exiled Writers' Ink , a community of established refugee writers who write in English and other languages. Recent articlesTortured language: the poetry of human rights What is it like to live as a poet in exile from your people, your culture and your language? openDemocracy features a special audio of live poetry readings by Jack Mapanje, Yang Lian and Choman Hardi from an event organised by Poet in the City and Amnesty International. Our doomed leadersAmid the boom of victory, a quiet word from Kurdish poet, Choman Hardi. Poetry of memory and exile: Choman HardiChoman Hardi is a young Kurdish poet in London who writes in English as well as her native Kurdish. Here are six of her poems |
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