“Syrian poets opened crossings and paved paths, molded styles and discovered untouched poetic terrains in Arab poetics. Had we omitted three of them: Adonis, Muhammad al-Maghut and Nizar Qabbani, Arabic poetry would have probably looked very different today.”
“No manuscript copy of the work exists. Its earliest recension is a lithographic edition, in the hand of Nicolas Perron, the author’s institutional superior and student, published in Paris in 1850.”
In your book, you wrote about that part of the world called the Middle East: “This is a simple and, I think, consequently a happy part of the world.”
Palestinian poet and Dareen Tatour was surrounded by supporters on Thursday, May 3 as the Nazareth Magistrate’s Court found her guilty of incitement to violence and supporting a terror organization.
“I don’t read much poetry,” Omar, a graduate of Cairo University’s philosophy department, confesses. “I prefer novels and philosophy books. But I believe my poems are the result of assimilating many art forms.”
“Whether in visual art, written work, performance or electronic medium, the Khayrallah Prize identifies, awards and publicly honors those whose original work captures the experiences of Lebanese immigrants, their relationship to Lebanon and their new homes, and their communities and peregrinations.”
This is the second such volume in two years, following Arabic Literature for the Classroom: Teaching Methods, Theories, Themes and Texts (Routledge, 2017), edited by Muhsin al-Musawi.
Transference — a magazine dedicated to poetry in translation — is published by the Department of World Languages and Literatures at Western Michigan University.
The winners of the “open” category will receive £1,000 (first), £750 (second) and £500 (third), while the winners of the 18-and-under category will receive £250 (first), £150 (second) and £100 (third). There will be one prize (£100) awarded in the 14-and-under category.
