poetry
Unique Designs: A tribute in jewelry to Egyptian poet Salah Jahin
Art news
September 25, 2010
Unique Designs: A tribute in jewelry to Egyptian poet Salah Jahin
Funky jewelry mingled with Egyptian folklore on Friday at Unique Designs' sixteenth exhibition, a tribute to colloquial poet Salah Jahin…
The poet lives
Opinion
August 16, 2010
The poet lives
Two years have passed since the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008) died at a hospital in Texas from complications he…
The Butterfly’s Burden: Mahmoud Darwish’s legacy
Books
August 9, 2010
The Butterfly’s Burden: Mahmoud Darwish’s legacy
Two years ago today, while undergoing heart surgery in Texas, the poet Mahmoud Darwish died at age 67. Al-Masry Al-Youm…
Reading in El Gouna: From ‘great India’ to ‘what she calls faith’
Books
June 26, 2010
Reading in El Gouna: From ‘great India’ to ‘what she calls faith’
From India which is "a great country" to Botswana where little Sylvia goes to a "rich people's school", and from…
From the dungeon to the swirling dance of the dervishes
Books
May 25, 2010
From the dungeon to the swirling dance of the dervishes
The first question Samar Ali's English poetry collection Tannoura (Malameh Publishing House, 2008) is expected to pose is the choice…
History of dispute, invitation to sorrow
Books
May 12, 2010
History of dispute, invitation to sorrow
"Some of us nibble on bread, While the others go window-shopping. We often wander around aimlessly, Chattering to color the…
Thorns of life
Books
May 10, 2010
Thorns of life
A second collection of 17 poems by Egyptian colloquial poet Abdel Rahim Youssef has been published under the title Qetta…
Thorns of life
Books
May 4, 2010
Thorns of life
A second collection of 17 poems by Egyptian colloquial poet Abdel Rahim Youssef has been published under the title Qetta…
Glimpses of Mohamed Saleh’s life
Books
April 26, 2010
Glimpses of Mohamed Saleh’s life
The latest collection of 19 poems titled La Shayaa Yadol ("Nothing Tells") from the late poet Mohamed Saleh was only…
Badei Kheiry: A legendary poet
Books
March 29, 2010
Badei Kheiry: A legendary poet
After years of intensive work, Nabil Bahgat, a professor of Arabic theater at Helwan University and director of the Beit…