Reviewing Sherko Bekas’ ‘The Secret Diary of a Rose’
Sherko Bekas (Kurdish: Şêrko Bêkes) born on the 2nd of May 1940, was one of the most pre-eminent Kurdish poets of the 20th Century. Hailing from Sulaymaniyah in Bashur (Southern Kurdistan/northern Iraq) as the son of the Kurdish poet Fayak Bekas, Sherko was introduced to poetry and literature from an early age. He would go […]