Comment by Stoimen on August 24, 2012 at 12:10

Dear Elisa,

Unfortunately IRWA is hardly active anymore, though it had a quite good start and several important writers. On this site you will find under Who is Who is a list of writers and poets, most of them being Roma.

It is summer in Europe, which somehow explains the current silence. In September many more people will become active on this site and perhaps it might be a good idea to turn your groupe into an instrument that unites the Roma writers again.

But baxt thaj sastipe!

Els

Comment by Elisa Sayeg on January 2, 2013 at 13:07

"And HERE I am singing.

"A poet is always a brother of wind and water:
leaves his pace wherever he goes.

"I come from far away and I go far
but searched the floor for signs of my way 
and saw nothing, because herbs have grown and snakes walked."

Cecília Meireles (Voyage)

Comment by Elisa Sayeg on January 2, 2013 at 13:18

"...the water does not look behind
It flees, runs farther away
Where eyes will not see her,
the water wanders..."

Bronisława Wajs (Papusza)      

Comment by Rene Daniel/Little Lion of Sindh on October 4, 2013 at 21:28

Thanks to allowing me to be here!

Great Honor for me ! -)

Best wishes

Rene G Daniel/Little Lion of Sindh

Please enjoy my Webside to the audio-radioplay of the year: "DIE SÖHNE DER FÜNF FLÜSSE--Der Feuerbogen"/ "The sons of the five rivers--The arc of fire" The fantasy-adventure of "SINTI and ROMMA"

www.lion-project.de

Comment by Kristina Burbank on October 29, 2013 at 7:09

Anyone headed to the 9th International Writers Festival in India this year 9-10 NOV 2013?

Comment by Yvonne Slee on November 19, 2013 at 8:18

Hi thanks for the invite Els

Comment by Yvonne Slee on November 20, 2013 at 0:14

Jews and Gypsies. Myths and Reality by Ruth Barnett

Available at www.amazon.co.uk or email Ruth rutheclb@googlemail.com  6.85 rrp. (Pounds Sterling)

Jews and Gypsies, Myths and Reality, is one book that should be available in every school and council library for people to read and learn about equality and embrace minority groups and cultures. Ruth highlighted in her book that prejudice makes no sense. People should listen more to what the culture or group has to say rather than listening to others who know nothing about them.
She draws comparisons between Jewish and Romani cultures, both of which were without their own countries for many centuries. Now Jews have their own state, but Romanies are still a people without a country. Their ancestors from different castes were forcibly taken out of India 1000 years ago and since entering Europe 600 years ago they have endured persecution and racist attacks against them. The Holocaust, which affected both Romani and Jews alike, is mentioned repeatedly. Ruth wants people to learn from the atrocities of WW2 so that they never allow them to happen again. In this day and age, people's ignorance still allows them to believe in the propaganda and stereotypes written in the media and portrayed on television. It's important to have a book like Ruth Barnett's that shines a true light on Romani and Jewish cultures.
The images in the book are thought provoking and the stories are lively and positive. Romanies stories, such as Sally's was very interesting and warmly written, Also Robin's, a psychologist, reflections on his Romani side and travels to Australia were rather intriguing. Ruth also included my story. I was more than happy to contribute to the book and write about my Romani ancestors and how life is now for my family. The world needs more people like Ruth, who is sympathetic and understanding to the plight of minorities. She holds the view that if the right information about minorities is taught at school, then children won't grow up ignorant of other cultures and the world could change for the better.

Review by
Yvonne Slee  President, Sinti Romani Community, http://www.sintiromanicommunity.org/

Comment by Stoimen on November 20, 2013 at 10:39

Thank you, Yvonne, for this great review. Ruth will be happy with it! She is Khetanes member, but I believe she has difficulties in joining this group (Major Group Literature). That also goes for some others, important writers and translators as well. I hope they will soon manage. Niko Rergo is working on his Romano Bibliography, a huge and important work!

Have a nice day,

Els

Comment by Stoimen on November 20, 2013 at 10:42

P.S.: Maybe we could create extra pages within this group for publishing reviews. What about that? I know that Rabbi Galina Trefil is interested in this.

Comment by Yvonne Slee on November 21, 2013 at 4:46

That sounds like a good idea.

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