I’ve just read on Kefaya’s website that activist and poet Osama el-Danasori passed away.
I met Osama twice in my life. Once back in 2000 at leftist poet Ahmad Taha’s place, and once again only a couple of months ago at Merit’s Publishing House in downtown.
Osama was a talented poet, with a sharp sense of humour, and a passion for activism. Osama, together with Dr. Alaa el-Aswany and Khaled el-Sawy, were leading figures in Kefaya’s Artists And Writers For Change group.
Family and friends will receive mourners this Tuesday, at Omar Makram Mosque in downtown Cairo, following al-Maghreb prayers.
May he rest in peace.