Ayat Al Qurmezi poem complete reading in Bahrain 2011 الشاعرة آيات القرمزي الشاعرة آيات القرمزي - ميدان الشهداء - إبليس و حمد فیلم کامل شعر آیات القرمزی در سالگرد اشغال بحرین Ayat Hassan Mohammed Al-Qurmezi (Arabic: آيات حسن محمد القرمزي‎; the surname is also transcribed Al-Qormezi, al-Ghermezi) (born c. 1991, Sadad, Bahrain) is a poet student at the at the University of Bahrain Teaching Institute in Bahrain & female activist against the Al Khalifah Dictator Clan. Ayat Al-Qurmezi became famous in Bahrain and internationally after reading out a poem criticising Bahraini government policies to the Pearl Square Roundabout gathering of pro-democracy protesters. After the poem was widely circulated via social media she and her family were subjected to harassment and death threats. She was arrested and detained in conditions of secrecy and rumours of her death in custody led to protests by Iranian activists. She was subjected to torture while in custody but was eventually tried on charges of inciting hatred of the Bahraini regime and insulting members of the royal family. Show Less >>