Somaia Ramish

Poet, writer and human rights activist in the past two decades in Afghanistan. She is currently a research PH.D. student at the prestigious University of Delhi, India in the field of Literature. Has been an elected representative of the people in the Herat Provincial Council-a renowned province in the western Afghanistan. Writer whose articles have appeared in the most prestigious newspapers and magazines, nationally and internationally. She has also written poetries that have been published and translated in many international publications and a few composed in music, a recent one by Conspirer Opera, in Austin Texas. After the Taliban banned all kinds of art in Afghanistan, created the Baamdaad -House of Poetry in Exile. In this way, she works against censorship and suppression. Baamdaad – house of poetry in Exile is the solidarity of the poets of the world for freedom and it is also an artistic protest to create a better world through art!