Passage to Dawn
Kamal Mirawdeli
“Here, time and time again, we have apt, vivid and inventive language which draws us into the surprise of the poem. Death is a recurring motif in this poetry, the death that occurs in struggle, yet the driving force in every line is an affirmation of life. Love is the controlling energy that animates these poems, Love of land and liberty, Love of people as individuals and as all anonymous humanity. There is a distinctive spirituality to the poetry of Kamal Mirawdeli, which creates a sense of roots that reach into something deeper than earth itself. He belongs not just in the land and language which gave him birth and identity but in every living being and inanimate object that populates the world of his poetry."
Aonghas macneacail
" His poetry, when read in its original Kurdish, is powerful enough to touch the very depth of humanity…..
One cannot read this book without tasting the Kurdish tragedy on one's tongue, experiencing the ecstasy and beauty of love and feel the pains of a human-being cut off from his natural environment, like a fish out of water, far away from his people and loved ones."
Fereydun Rafiq Hilmi | 
