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Ivory Coast hosts Arabic Poetry Forum

Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, the Republic of the Ivory Coast hosted the fourth edition of the Arabic Poetry Forum in the capital, Abidjan. The event was organised by the Cultural Affairs Department at the Sharjah Department of Culture, with the

Nordic Peaks, Pristine Rivers, Valleys

Between the rhythms of wipers, the downpour, and Sindhi kalam, time melted away. After nearly 250 kilometers, we reached Karlskoga, where we stopped at a petrol station for a short break. By Abdullah Usman Morai | Sweden The Journey Begins from Stockholm It was barely a week since I had returned from New York in August 2023 when my

The Three Continents Creative Meeting Unites Voices across Cultures

Cairo, Egypt — September 3rd, 2005 , the Three Continents Creative Meeting will bring together authors from Azerbaijan , Nigeria, China, Russia, India and Taiwan, alongside their translator, the acclaimed Egyptian poet and novelist Ashraf Aboul-Yazid, in a unique virtual literary event. The festival celebrates the release of Arabic

Poetry: The Deceit of the Journey

With steadfast tread I climbed triumph’s towering illusion, Mistaking vain success for life’s sovereign culmination. Dr. Sajid Hussain, a renowned poet from Rawalpindi, Punjab province of Pakistan shares his poetry on humanity and nature Dr. Sajid Hussain, born on February 1, 1969, in Morgah, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, is

Roses, Ruins, and Resistance:  Reading Ashraf Aboul-Yazid’s A Backyard Garden

Ashraf Aboul-Yazid’s A Backyard Garden is a profoundly human, polyphonic novel set in contemporary Egypt. It weaves together the lives of individuals in the village of Kafr El-Sarai, focusing particularly on the enigmatic figure of Sayyid Kamal—a hero of the Egyptian independence movement who retreats from public life to live