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Dear Pervaiz,
REH’MA
COMMUNITY SERVICES & FAMILY OF THE HEART
organize a Musaira in Urdu
and Farsi on Tuesday, June 1st at 8pm at Afghan
Village Restaurant, the address is 747 Don Mills Rd,
Unit 7. This Mushira was part of research on
elder abuse. Research is focusing on Thorncliffe
Park and Flemingdon Park areas. It was an effort to
disseminate research results through poetry as
poetry is a powerful tool to mobilize people and
bring social change. Poetry was focus on research
themes and poets share some powerful poems on
seniors poverty, loneliness, lack of social
networks, loss of dignity and personal worth, lack
of mobility, preserving family ties at the cost of
sacrificing personal growth, income security,
language barriers, perpetuation of marginalization,
and aging in poverty etc.
Ameer H. Jafery conducted URDU poetry & Musical part
as well as Mr. Masood conducted Farsi poetry and
Musical part.
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