When I went to live in Europe for three years for the first time in my life I had contradicting feelings. I was so excited but at the same time, as an Arab and a Muslim, I was worried. I had a lot of fears: will I be accepted? Shall I face any racial attacks? What about discrimination? I am not alone. I have kids that will have to go to
Children's literature remains marginalized in most Arab countries, perceived as second or third-tier literature, much like detective novels. Consequently, critical studies of this literature are almost nonexistent, except for a few academic studies and dissertations for master's degrees. The public criticism is very distant from this
In the early thirteenth century, the forces of the Fifth Crusade came to Egypt and occupied the coastal city of Damietta. Its terrified residents fled in all directions. Egypt's Sultan, King Al-Kamil Nasir al-Din Mohammed, rushed with his forces to resist this aggression, which, if it passed through the routes of the Delta and reached
As my goal in this glimpse is to address Arab youth, who are beginning to place their feet in the land of knowledge and draw their strength from their great civilization, my aim is also to address non-Arab foreign audiences so they can learn something new about our Arab literature through translating the articles into their English and
They came from behind the wail of the sea
They gathered around the sandy table
And I sip the tenth cup
And the street embraces the black asphalt
And the sun hovers over the casino glass
The sun will not reach my dreams with cold extremities
They came like a kidnapper
They took the "poet" from me
I became
