I heard of his suicide on a down day . The weather is like our people, either laughing or ...weeping, sad or happy I phoned (the Arabic Youth) newspaper, promising the editorial board, in earnest, to write my detailed report on the incident, but...
Translated from Hebrew/ Mor Sheinbein** The poem is by : Hagit Grossman Too much force was halted With the sucking of the stomach With the hatred of one’s thighs, contempt for one’s arms Too much uncertainty oppressed Under whiffs of nail varn...
Ahmed Salman Rushdie (born 19 June 1947) is a British Indian novelist and essayist. His second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be "the best novel of all winners" on two separate occasions, mark...
Johannes Vermeer or Jan Vermeer, was a Dutch artist, born on October 31, 1632, in the Dutch city of Delft, and died on December 16, 1675, in the same city. Vermeer was the creator of the most attractive paintings in the history of art, and althoug...
1- On Reading Adonis You mention “holes called stars” You were a farm boy, al Qassabin, the President etc. I was from the city. My stars were smaller, Brittle things in a night sky like thistle frozen Perhaps it was all frosted fie...
:by the late Syrian poet Riad Saleh Hussein “Tango Below a Narrow Ceiling” is a bunch of poems by the late Syrian poet Riad Saleh Hussein. The collection is expected in September 2021 from The Bitter Oleander press featuring some 30 poems with an...
Found since prehistoric times, it is said that its existence dates back to more than ten thousand years. It is a natural miracle, as it does not depend on tributaries or rivers that supply its highly saline water, but rather on the springs and the...
Wednesday morning, the MacArthur Foundation announced its list of “Genius Grants.” On the list to receive a no-strings-attached stipend of $625,000 is Libyan poet and translator Khaled Mattawa, who said he plans to use the money to further his transl...
Youth Ambassadors for Liberty and Entrepreneurship (YALE) is a project implemented by Pal-Think for Strategic Studies based in Gaza, Palestine and funded by Atlas Network. The project targets a number of 22 young female and male university stud...
By William Blake "Nought loves another as itself, Nor venerates another so, Nor is it possible to thought A greater than itself to know. "And, father, how can I love you Or any of my brothers more? I love you like the little bird That picks up crum...