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Wisdom of the Arabs, The

29 January '14

Arranged into themed categories on both spiritual and social topics, this is an irresistible collection of writings that reflects a unique cultural environment.

Arabian Love Poems

29 January '14

This translation of Nizar Kabbani’s poetry is accompanied by the striking Arabic texts of the poems, penned by Kabbani especially for this collection. Kabbani was a poet of great simplicity – direct, spontaneous, musical, using the language of everyday life. He was a ceasless campaigner for women’s rights, and his verses praise the beauty of […]

Post Gibran – Jusoor: Anthology of New Arab American Writing

29 January '14

A compilation of new and previously unpublished works that infuses new energy into the area of Arab American writing. Through poetry, fiction, essays, and drama, both seasoned and upcoming writers confront issues not previously addressed in Arab American writing. These unique cultural endeavors reveal the multileveled textures of the exiles of new Arab writing.

Adam of Two Edens, The

29 January '14

collection of poems by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. The poems range from dreamy reflections to bitter longings for the Palestine that was lost when Israel was created in 1948.

Without an Alphabet, Without a Face

29 January '14

For the first time, the powerful and influential work of this major contemporary Arab poet, from Basra, Iraq, is available in English translation. A must for all poetry lovers, it was winner of the 2003 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation and named One of the Top 25 Books of 2002 by the New York […]

Miracle Maker

29 January '14

This collection features poems from Al-Azzawi?s six previous Arabic poetry collections and many new poems. Springing from classical Arabic poetry, his poems speak to political exile, -cultural marginalization, and Middle Eastern and Western histories and mythologies. Al-Azzawi employs -humour, melancholy and tenderness to celebrate new worlds of possibility.

Zodiac of Echoes

29 January '14

Zodiac of Echoes, his long-awaited second book, is a marvelous linguistic fusion of these diverse cultures and geographies. Rarely do we see a truly international poetry so powerfully articulated in language that?s as at home in the American landscape and vernacular as it is in the music, imagery, and politics of his native country.

World’s Embrace, The

29 January '14

Compelling poems from one of the most prolific and critically acclaimed of contemporary North African writers. Imprisoned for many years by the Moroccan authorities, La

Unbuttoning the Violin

29 January '14

This volume of selected works by four pre-eminent young Arab writers today, poets Joumana Haddad from Lebanon and Abed Ismael from Syria, with fiction writers Mansoura Ez-Eldin from Egypt and Ala Hlehel from Palestine, celebrates the authors? UK tour Banipal Live 2006, which was a partnership of Banipal Magazine with the British Council and The […]