The Algerian organization ONDA has recently published a collection of 40 popular poems in Arabic. <i>El Moudjahid</i> reports that a commission created within ONDA carried out a long research and went ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Poetry reviewer Geoff Page discusses a newly reissued collection of 129 poems from four leading ...

His love for Indian poetry isn't new. In 1996, he first came in touch with the world of Indian poetry when he was honoured by the Dubai-based Indian society, Dubai Kairali Kala Kendram, alongside ...

In late July, Sacramento residents celebrated a traditional Arabic baby shower. Attendees were welcomed with coffee, sang cheerful songs, and watched as the baby’s grandmother rang a ceremonial bell.

Bahr is Arabic for “sea” but means “meter” when applied to poetry. Zeina Hashem Beck weaves poems of deep longing that feel like whole worlds. This ghazal, a traditional Middle Eastern/Persian/Indian ...

The activity is part of the Sharjah Guest of Honour program at the Seoul Book Fair Marwa Al Aqroubi, President of UAEBBY, during her visit to ‘National Library for Children and Young Adults’ and ...

Lewis, one of the foremost scholars of the Middle East, has devoted much of his career to the history of Islam; this volume collects his translations of poems—nearly all appearing in English for the ...