It also leads to spiritual small-mindedness ... There is no other modern Arab poet who so successfully conjures the grim beauty of the ancient works even while casting them in forms taken ...

Small and animated, with a nimbus of poet-length ... He went on to complain about what he called the “retardation” of contemporary Arabic poetry, which in his view has become a rhetorical ...

Small deeds are great in small men's eyes ... Darwish has been translated more than any other modern Arabic poet into English. Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish waves to crowds before a concert ...

Sometimes a poem just strikes a precise moment. “Small Kindnesses,” by Danusha Laméris, feels utterly necessary for our time — a poem celebrating minor, automatic graciousness within a ...

The lines kept playing in my mind, like a song. I asked a few people, neighbors, street sellers, drivers, ‘What are you going ...

A new book of translations is set to bring a classical Arabic poet into the Western imagination – and change perceptions of the Middle East with it. One of literature’s undeniable life lessons ...

For centuries, it appeared and reappeared throughout Arabic poetry, and became one of the primary poetic tropes of the Pre-Islamic period and the early days of Islam. It is known as wuquf 'ala al ...

With verses from love poems and flowing calligraphy, Jordan-based fashion designer Hana Sadiq stitches a testament to the beauty of Arab women. In a career spanning decades, Iraqi-born Sadiq has shown ...

S HARJAH, 1st February, 2025 (WAM) -- The General Secretariat of the Sharjah Award for Arabic Poetry Criticism has selected ...