This is Hussam Al-Eskandarany's second publication, after his first "Kahil El-Ein." Here in "El Teiban" (The Snake), he again presents more poems in colloquial Egyptian Arabic on his favorite subject of homoerotic themes. Following the tradition prevailing in the 10th Century by Abu Nuwas and other poets of Baghdad during the Abbasids era, he again treats the subject of gay love in a very open language - at times even crude and shocking - with a strong sense of humor.

This is Hussam Al-Eskandarany's third publication, after "Kahil El-Ein," and "El Teiban." He continues with this book to present more poems in colloquial Egyptian Arabic on his favorite subject of homoerotic themes. His treatment of the subject of gay love is always provocative, daring, using open, at times shocking, language. He does not shy away from tackling in minute details love scenes, involving extremely erotic descriptions of hot, steaming action, all the time with a strong sense of humor.

In this new book, his fourth, Hussam Al-Eskandarany continues to deal with the subject of homosexual love. But this time, instead of writing poems only in colloquial Egyptian Arabic, he is adding for the first time poems written in classical Arabic. The homoerotic themes are there in all 30 poems of this collection, as well as his usual strong sense of humor. As always, his treatment of the subject of gay love is provocative and daring. The language used, either in colloquial or classical Arabic, is open, but slightly less shocking than usual He tackles love scenes in minute and exciting...