News at Eleven: [Skerko] Bekas was not only threatened

by Saddam's tyranny. In 1970, the master poet undertook a pioneering role in a new literary movement in northern Iraq. The motto of that movement was, "Anyone who holds a pen, unite for women's rights!" This motto led to Bekas being included on yet another death list. "Radical Islamist organizations called for my head because I defended the rights of women. They hung fatwas on the walls of mosques," said Bekas.

from Turkish Daily News: Kurdish poet owes his life to his verses

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