Middle-Eastern Poetry | Poetry
Jan.28.2009
These poems present a powerful series of dramatic images of war torn Lebanon as seen through the eyes of a woman. The most recent round of hostilities was in the July, 2006; in fact, most fighting in Beirut has been in the summer—hence the title.
“A lovely collection—so vivid and so moving…my...
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May.30.2008
Khaled Mattawa"Elmaz Abinader's In the Country of My Dreams redeems the achievements of a century that has struggled long and hard with tolerance and inclusion. Daughter of immigrants from Lebanon, she sings of their birthplace that she too claims as her own, and of the American landscape she...
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