Quickfire Dialogue with Firat Cewerî 

If you write a letter to God, what would you say?

I would say; God of heaven and earth please take the sedition and disunion of us, stop the war and fight, don’t shake the earth, don’t send us fire, make the hungry people full, bring peace and calm. 

Who is the person that you love most? 

Celadet Ali Bedirxan

What would you not want to happen if you built a world for yourself?

War, earthquakes and fires. 

What is your favourite book?

The Trial, Franz Kafka because many of us experienced the same thing with the main character of the novel, Josef K. 

When you are dead, who would you most like to visit your grave? (It does not matter if s/he is dead or alive)

I want Celadet Ali Bedirxan to come to my grave, to make a speech and say: I have dedicated my life to the Kurdish language and literature, you followed my footsteps, Ciziri and Xani, and I am waiting for you in heaven.

What worries you the most?

I really feel pain that people who I make great efforts for, they hurt me.

If you scratch one name to Diyarbakir’s walls, whose name would it be?

It would be the name of Şex Seid with the signature of Rojen Barnas. 

Which period do you want to live in?

I’m happy in this period. 

If you were born one more time, what would you do again? 

I would like to be a writer again and take a step into the world of literature. 

What would you most like to do before you die?

To put my ideas of the novel into action.

What do you most dream about?

Happiness, amusement and success. 

What is the pain in your heart in this life?

Greed, envy,  jealousy, sweet-talk, war and conflict.

If you wanted to change something about yourself, what would it be?

I don’t know.

What is your biggest achievement?

My personal discipline and a tireless and unstoppable journey. 

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