Small and animated, with a nimbus of poet-length gray hair, ... Traditional Arabic poetry, he explained, was usually written in one of 16 meters, in balanced lines split by a caesura, ...

In March, 2011, when civil protests broke out in cities and towns across Syria, the country’s most famous poet, Adonis—who is in his eighties and has lived in exile since the mid-nineteen ...

Youth Poetry Ambassador Halima Ibrahim, who struggled to communicate in both English and Arabic, shares how poetry ...

Poetry has always been at the heart of Arabic culture, not least as the oldest means for its earliest speakers to record their beliefs and wisdom, oral narratives and philosophy. It began in the ...

He speaks and teaches Arabic, is well-versed in Arab culture and politics and writes poetry. ... (Pinto), who grew up in a small community in Port Sudan, Sudan’s main seaport.

A new book of translations is set to bring a classical Arabic poet into the Western imagination – and change perceptions of the Middle East with it. One of literature’s undeniable life lessons ...

Among the most original contemporary Israeli poets is Almog Behar, a Jerusalemite in his early 30s. His story “Ana Min Al-Yahoud” (“I am one of the Jews”), which won the Haaretz Short ...

Arab-Israeli poet Dareen Tatour poses for a picture during an interview at her house in Reineh, northern Israel September 26, 2017. Picture taken September 26, 2017.

A radio poem from Kate Clanchy and the ... in particular the small, ... and that as they have 54 languages between them - Latvian, Nepalese, Hungarian, Kiswahili, Ibo and six kinds of Arabic ...