Fikri Jufri: Civic Courage in a Difficult Time
Fikri Jufri was known as a young journalist with a vast social circle. He displayed civic courage during difficult times.
Goenawan Mohamad
March 17, 2025
I FIRST met Fikri Jufri one evening in 1964, entirely by chance. We happened to be visiting a house on Jalan Solo, Jakarta.
With Rendra, I had stopped by that house several times. It was where Wim Nirahua lived. Wim was an artist and a member of cultural organization Lekra, whose work was highly poetic—his illustrations graced the cover of Sahabat, a poetry collection by Agam Wispi. I often visited that house with several other friend
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