Poets and researchers from Syria and Palestine mark the Palestinian Culture Day

Damascus (ST): Poetry texts and intellectual readings by Syrian and Palestinian poets and researchers were presented in the symposium recently held by the Palestinian Writers and Journalists’ Union at its headquarters in Damascus today.

The symposium, held on the occasion of Palestinian Culture Day, was initiated by Rafe’ Al-Sa’adi, member of the political bureau of the Palestine Liberation Front, with an intervention in which he explained that the Sykes-Picot borders could not separate us and that this land was and will remain Arab.

Poet Khalifa Amouri, who administered the symposium, made it clear that Culture Day is not only Palestinian, but also Arab and affirms the Arab identity  of Palestine in the face of all agreements, claims, and dealings of surrender that aim at the liquidation of the Palestinian cause.

Poet Maher Mohammad recited a poem dedicated to the homeland and another to the mother. Poet Nizar Bani al-Marja, recited a poem from his collection of poetry, The Master of Water, through which he addressed the children of the Intifada.

Dr. Omar Hussein participated in an intervention about the coincidence of Mother’s Day with the Palestinian land and culture holidays, pointing out that naming refugees is prejudicial to those who have been displaced from their lands and must be compensated for the moral and material harm that befell them as a result of displacement.

The storyteller, Zahra Al-Koussa, contributed a story entitled “Disappointment” dedicated to the late liberated prisoner Ibrahim Salama “Abu Arab”. She also read a poem from his poetry collection, “Songs of a Woman Who Lives in Me.”

Researcher and poet Bakour Aroub read a poem entitled Palestine, Daughter of the Land. Mohammad Ali Faris also participated in an intervention on adherence to the land and the struggle to confront the calls for normalization.

Poet Jamal al-Qajah recited a poem that carried the concerns of the homeland, heritage and adherence to the land, while poet Ibrahim Lafi recited a classical poem that carried national and Palestinian concerns.

Poet Qassem Farhat presented a poem called the Procession of Slaves in which he expressed the Palestinian people’s rejection of the suspicious deals that are being hatched against them in order to liquidate their question.

K.Q.