Ro Anamul Hasan, Rohingya poet

25 August 2017 “The day I can never forget, even in the hereafter.” –Ro Anamul Hasan Ro Anamul Hasan, Rohingya poet Harsh memories On this #RohingyaGenocideDay, I have been asked to share the voice of yet another Rohingya refugee humanitarian and poet. You can read about other Rohingya poets here. Below you can experience two of Anamul Hasan’s poems, and, scrolling down, you can hear his voice as he explains why he writes. Like the other young men and women I have profiled, Anamul Hasan is a ‘refugee humanitarian’, and has worked with MSF as an interpreter, the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) doing field visits and data entry for IOM. These international humanitarian organizations are doing a good job, he tells me, though it can never be enough. Like many of his friends, he struggles to make meaning of his life and uses poetry to remember and to lay bare his memories and … Continue reading Ro Anamul Hasan, Rohingya poet