“Amalgamation” by Ali Ashhar

Ali Ashhar is a poet, short story writer and columnist from Jaunpur, India. He is the author of the poetry collection, Mirror of Emotions. Following the release of his book, he was chosen as the Best Debut Author for the year 2021 by The Indian Awaz and was the recipient of a India Prime 100 Authors Award. His works have been published in 13 countries around the globe

A Word from the Author:

This piece is inspired by diversity in creativity. Art knows no differences. To tackle propaganda and differences, this piece emphasize embracing diverse creativeness from all over the world in order to take a step forward towards egalitarianism. 


Beneath the far horizon there’s a ground;

beyond propaganda and prejudice,

between rain and sunshine,

where we assemble under the sky of art.

The rainbow portrays seven different shades

the sky knows—

all shades must come together

to make the world a splendid landscape.

Human Rights Art Festival

Tom Block is a playwright, author of five books, 20-year visual artist and producer of the International Human Rights Art Festival. His plays have been developed and produced at such venues as the Ensemble Studio Theater, HERE Arts Center, Dixon Place, Theater for the New City, IRT Theater, Theater at the 14th Street Y, Athena Theatre Company, Theater Row, A.R.T.-NY and many others.  He was the founding producer of the International Human Rights Art Festival (Dixon Place, NY, 2017), the Amnesty International Human Rights Art Festival (2010) and a Research Fellow at DePaul University (2010). He has spoken about his ideas throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Turkey and the Middle East. For more information about his work, visit www.tomblock.com.

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