"The Rohingya poets gathered here for the first time in English hold a
mirror to the light for the rest of humanity, flashing their poems of
misery and warning from the genocidal zone and refugee camp of Cox's
Bazaar. Their songs are more accurate than news reports for word of the
plight of the most oppressed. These are poems that begin with the
fragrance on the bird's handkerchief and end by walking among the mass
graves. They write from a dire present to a possible future, wondering
in their peril if the world outside was too quiet to hear them. Let the
world not be quiet, let the world listen to these poems."
Carolyn Forché
"I Am a Rohingya implores the world to listen to the spirit of a people
who have experienced some of the worst human rights abuses on the
planet. These poems have no alternative but to speak out, they are from
a crisis that must be addressed. There is brilliance in here!"
John Kinsella