The Franco Louis organization has announced that Shamim Frotan, a poet and writer from Afghanistan, has received a literary award from the 17th International Literary Festival organized by the “Franco Louis” institution in Italy.
This organization stated in a press release that the festival is held annually in the city of Grottammare, Italy, and poets and writers from various countries participate in it.
The announcement emphasized that the purpose of holding this festival is to introduce outstanding works in the field of contemporary poetry and literature among different countries.
It was mentioned in the announcement that the submitted works were reviewed by an international jury in various categories, and Shamim Frotan, a young poet from Afghanistan, succeeded in receiving the literary award.
In recent years, the “Franco Louis” literary festival has been recognized as one of the important platforms for cultural exchange and showcasing literary talents at an international level.
It is worth noting that Shamim Frotan was previously a journalist for the daily newspaper Rah-e-Madaniyat and 8Sobh, and after the takeover of the interim government in Afghanistan, he sought asylum in Italy.
While Shamim Frotan succeeds in receiving a literary award, the interim government has deprived women and girls of education and learning opportunities since its takeover of Afghanistan. In its latest restriction, it closed the doors of medical institutes to girls and women, while the health sector across Afghanistan is facing a shortage of personnel.
This action by the current government has resulted in millions of female students being unable to pursue education and learning.
Additionally, women have been banned from going to sports clubs, restaurants, public baths, being examined by male doctors, traveling without a mahram (male guardian), and working in domestic and international NGOs as well as even in UN offices in Afghanistan.
