Liesbeth van Dalsum: 'Dear Amari
Hamadene, because of the allegations against you,
such as partaking wide scale plagiarism and publishing
poems without permission from the authors on your website,
I would like to ask you some questions for the Dutch poetry
daily Rottend Staal Online.'
Amari Hamade: '...'
Van Dalsum: 'You defended yourself
by stating that someone has stolen your identity to discredit
you. Can you explain why anyone would do so? One of my
collegue editors has spoken with many poets, critics and
journalists from the Arab World and nobody seems to know
you. So: why discredit somebody who has no credits?
Hamadene: '...'
Van Dalsum: 'On www.wordsandpicturesmag.com
I found a list of poems your imposter has plagiarized.
What's your comment on that?'
Hamadene: '...'
Van Dalsum: 'Why do you publish
poems without permission from the authors of these poems
on www.arabesquespress.org?
Don't you know that by doing so you're violating international
laws concerning copyrights?
Hamadene: '...'
Van Dalsum: 'Can you send me a
picture of yourself (as jpg-file), with the permission
from the photographer and his name, to publish it with
this interview?'
Hamadene: '...'
(Rottend Staal Online, 23-9-2004)