Published on 20 September 2012
Samar Qaed
Yemen Times
Raghda Gamal’s second published work is titled, “Once Upon a
Revolution,” and consists of 13 English-language poems.
Journalist and poet Raghda Gamal has published her
English-language collection of poems, “Once Upon a Revolution,” which is
composed of 13 poems and photographs delving into different situations in the
life of the poetess during the 2011 political uprising in Yemen. The poetess
signed her collection Tuesday in Sana’a’s Change Square, to coincide with the
first anniversary of the revolutionary martyrs who died last year in Kentucky
Round.
Gamal’s first collection was published a year and a half ago
and was written in English, too.
“In comparison to this collection, the first one included
more topics because it was the first collection written in English,” she said.
“In this collection, it was important to write the details of the revolution my
way.”
“I insisted that one of the youth in the square write the
preface to the collection and not a well-known author because authors left us
alone in the square. This collection is for the revolutionary people and is
inspired by the revolution.”
Osama Shamsan, a member of the Media Center in Sana’a’s
Change Square and the writer of the collection’s preface, said, “When writing
the preface for Raghda’s collection, I remembered everything that happened in
this square since the beginning of the revolution.”
“In her poems entitled ‘To Saleem,’ ‘Mother of a martyr,’
‘To all revolutionary photographers’ and other poems, Raghda condoles and at
the same time expresses gratitude for the sacrifices of the brave revolutionary
people—particularly mothers of martyrs. She used simple and deep feelings and
was able to introduce the honor of joining the revolution, especially for
Yemeni women,” he added.
Ali Al-Kamali, an activist, said such works represent Yemeni
women and how they compete with men in poetry and photography.
“The revolution aimed to move Yemen to a new period,
particularly by way of these works written in English so that all people
worldwide know about it.”
Al-Kamali said the revolution is incomplete unless it’s an
intellectual and cultural change in practice.
“Today, we proved that our revolution is an intellectual and
cultural revolution.”
Gamal started working as a journalist in 2008. She is a
Yemeni poetess, writing poems both in Arabic and in English. She wrote for
several newspapers, including the Yemen Times, Yemen Observer, Yemen Today,
Al-Jomhoria Newspaper and Al-Yemen Newspaper.
http://www.yementimes.com/en/1609/variety/1424/Author-publishes-collection-of-poems-about-revolutionaries.htm
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