The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Saturday April 30th, 2022 – International Jazz Day
International Jazz Day is an International Day declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 2011 “to highlight jazz and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the globe.” It is celebrated annually on April 30. The idea came from jazz pianist and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock. Jazz Day is chaired by Hancock and the UNESCO Director-General. The celebration is recognized on the calendars of both UNESCO and the United Nations.
“I am not the only one interested in you”: Memory of Ramadhan 2016 by Zulfikar Shariff
Ramadhan holds a significant memory for me.
My detention without trial by the Singapore secret police, the Internal Security Department (ISD) in 2016, where I spent 4 years and 4 months in solitary confinement…
Began on the night of 27th Ramadhan.
I had returned to Singapore for Hari Raya (Eid Fitr).
My wife, children and I left Singapore for Melbourne, Australia in 2002. Since then, we had not celebrated Eid in Singapore. I missed celebrating Eid with my family, friends, relatives and community.
In 2016, my mother asked me to return to Singapore for Eid. My stepdad had passed away in 2015 and she would like her family with her. I wanted it too. We planned to celebrate Eid in Singapore and Malaysia.
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…Lost and Found #poem by Bohdan Yuri
“Found love
Lost love
Again
And
Again”
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Ephemera #052 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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