poetry

Supporters of Iraqi poet Saady Youssef have launched a campaign to defend him after fellow Iraqi intellectuals called to burn his works…

However difficult were the days after the January 2011 revolution, the fact remains that the people, who had lost hope…

Egyptian renowned poet Ahmed Fouad Negm has been awarded the Principal Prince Claus Award in recognition for "speaking truth to…

The following are segments from a longer poem — “Moons and Donkeys" — which I wrote after I spent a…

The years I worked as a translator were some of the most frustrating of my career. I would often spend…

Poet Hesham al-Gokh denies media reports that prosecutors summoned him over accusations he insulted Islam in one of his works.…

The New Cairo Prosecutor summoned poet Hisham al-Gokh over a claim filed by a lawyer accusing him of contempt of…

Maged Zaher’s latest collection of poems, “The Revolution Happened and You Didn’t Call Me,” is a slim, postcard-shaped volume of…

 

A Libyan media official in Cairo has criticized Egypt for giving an Iraqi poet the Naguib Mahfouz cultural award, saying…