Kategoria BISAC: Poetry >> Middle Eastern

La autoro priskribas per poemoj la situacion de la palestinanoj en ilia propra lando, sub la okupado de Israelo.

Kiam "objektivo" estas vualita de politikistoj kaj komercistoj, u ne la "subjektivo" de poeto donas pli bonan bildon de la reala mondo? Tia por mi estas la legado de Palestino strangolata. Kleriga kurso la la poezia metodo. Vekado de konscio. Tu ado de emo-cioj. Klarigo, ke eble la bildo kiun oni prezentas am-as-medie kaj nova elsende ne estas la bildo de tio, kio estas. Maldistigo de foraj landoj kaj homoj. Modelo pri kiel plej bone diri ke al la imperiestro...

Hekayat-e-Yar-e-Samarkandi or The Tale of the Beloved Samarkandi is a selection of Mirza Agha Asgari's (commonly known as Mani) social poems and love poems published in Cyrillic for the Tajik people by Sturnus Publications. The preface is written by Dr. Noorali Noorzad (University of Khujand) and Dr. Umriddin Yusufov (National university of Tajikistan - Dushanbe). The poems were transcribed to Cyrillic by Dr. Umriddin Yusufov.

Mani (Mirza Agha Asgari) was born in Iran in 1951. His first collection of poems,"Tomorrow is the first day of the world," was published in 1975. At present, over...

" A] rare occurrence in the poetry world."--American Book Review

As a child, Ghassan Zaqtan lived in a refugee camp near the River Jordan. While that painful experience deeply influenced his poetry, when Zaqtan was awarded the prestigious Griffin International Prize, the judges noted: "His words turn dark into light, hatred into love, death into life. His magic leads us to the clearing where hope becomes possible, where healing begins across individuals, countries, races."

When interviewed by PBS for their special on Palestinian poets, Zaqtan said, "I am not the kind of...

Presented bilingually, this first US publication of Jawdat Fakhreddineone of the major Lebanese names in modern Arabic poetryestablishes a revolutionary dialogue between international, modernist values and the Arabic tradition. Fakhreddine s unique voice is a breakthrough for the poetic language of his generationan approach that presents poetry as a beacon, a lighthouse that both opposes and penetrates all forms of darkness.

Stars:

Stars of ours
that did not shine in the shroud of night,
but we took joy in them
when the night was a...

This newly translated anthology of Rumi's poetry, with accompanying commentaries, aims to uncover the true meaning held within his cherished verse.

The version of Rumi that has become known as 'the best-selling poet in North America' is not a true one.

The time has come to reveal more of Rumi. To challenge the seriously inaccurate portrayal of a new age guru who seemingly embraced, far ahead of his time, some of the heresies and vices most disliked in traditional Islam.

This brilliant work, through careful selections from his work and accompanying commentaries,...

Adnan al-Sayegh was born in Al-Kufa, Iraq, in 1955. Today he is a renowned international award-winning poet.

At the age of 25, Adnan was forcibly conscripted into the Iraq army. Resistance meant execution. As a result, he faced injury and death on the battlefields of the 1980-1989 Iraq-Iran war. During this cataclysmic conflict, Adnan was detained for reading books forbidden by the Iraqi autocratic authorities. Along with other prisoners, he was confined in an abandoned stable, situated on the Iran-Iraq borders. This encampment was surrounded by hidden land mines and in danger of...