The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems, the thoughts, the reviews, the photos, the paintings and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Monday September 11th, 2023
Rohingya of the Arakan: Conflict, Crisis and Solutions by Dr. Habib Siddiqui
The Rohingyas of Myanmarare a stateless people who are denied citizenship rights intheBuddhist-majority Myanmarsimply because of their distinct ‘otherness’ in race, culture, and religion. As a result, nearly 2.5 million Rohingyas, representing roughly 75% of the community, now live as refugees in various parts of our world. Those living inside Myanmar are treated as an unwanted people who are victims of genocide. Not a single Article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is honored by the government, which has rendered the Rohingya the most persecuted people of our time.
In itsstrategic goal towardsmakingthe multi-racial and -religious Myanmar “pure and clean” for its Buddhist majority people only, thesuccessive Myanmargovernments – civilian and military alike –have been guilty ofnot only falsifying history but also of using a combination of tactical measures that include inter alia extermination, destruction, torture, eviction, and rape against the targeted Rohingyas, who are mostly Muslim.
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Soft roots #poem & #painting by Amir Khatib
“I love soft roots!
My mother knew this instinctively;
When I abstain from food with my brothers,
open my mouth to know the color of my tongue,
And from him you know what she gnawed like a sheep in the pasture:
sad roots”
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Ghostin’ #72 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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