Circles of Hell from Tahrir to Zagazig: When does the Normalization with Sexual Violence against Women End?

Joint Statement 6 Apr 2017 The mob-sexual assault that took place in the early hours of Friday 31 March 2017 in Qawmia area in Zagazig city in Sharkia governorate against a university student confirms the continuance of these crimes and their endemic nature in the Egyptian public sphere. The Egyptian state had adopted several policies …

Guatemala: The number of deaths rises to 40 – People demand the resignation of the President

Source: Resumen Latinoamericano / The Dawn News / March 12, 2017 This article is posted in English, obviously translated from national language-TO MOV Around 200 people walked the streets of Guatemala reading the names and ages of the deceased girls until they reached Plaza de la Constitución, where more manifestants were waiting, for a total …

The Story Behind the Fire That Killed Forty Teen-Age Girls in a Guatemalan Children’s Home

By Francisco Goldman   March 19, 2017 The number of teen-age girls who died when a fire broke out on the morning of March 8th in a state-run home for minors on the outskirts of Guatemala City now stands at forty. Those who perished were among fifty-two girls who’d been confined to a schoolroom at Hogar …

14/02/2017 Make Poetry Not War

Άγιος ο έρωτας – 2004       Στίχοι:  Διονύσης Καρατζάς Έφεδρος Αύγουστος αυτοκτόνησε απόβραδο αγάπης. Θάλασσα ορχηστρική κατευοδώνει την ψυχή του στον Κάτω Ουρανό των χαμένων φεγγαριών. Κι οι νεοσύλλεκτοι μήνες του φθινοπώρου ορκίζονται στο Σύνταγμα της νύχτας σε στάση προσευχής: Άγιος ο Έρωτας άγιος ο Καημός άγιος ο Θάνατος ελέησον ημάς. Κόκκινα τα συναισθήματα …