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Poetry

To be a translator

The 30th of September of each year marks the International Translation day. The whole world celebrates translation and translators. This day was chosen specifically to honor St. Jerome the first translator of the Holy Bible. The keen concern of transferring knowledge from one nation to another and from one language to another is not a new

Misna Chanu | The Silent Whispers (Book Review)

According to poetess Misna Chanu, India, the author of “The Silent Whispers”; “Poetry is not just lines of beautiful words on a piece of paper; but it’s a part of moments we lived and living memories we created and still carrying within! Poetry is a part of imaginations and realities, a part of dreams and desires, a

The Plight of the Sung Poem

The Committee for Festival Management and Cultural and Heritage Programs in Abu Dhabi previously introduced a television program named "Al Mankous", similar to the programs "Amir Al Shu'ara" (Prince of Poets) and "Shi'ir Al Million" (Million's Poet). As part of a poetic competition, various poets

Land Trapped Between Hans-Georg Gadamer and Wolfgang Iser (Part One)

A Review of the Short Story Collection "Land Trapped" by the Libyan Writer Omar Al-Kikli. The binary of the writer and the text is no longer the sole concern of literary criticism. Instead, the receiver, or the reader, has been added as a crucial element, thus forming a new binary: the reader and the text. Reception

A Poet Awaiting Water's Whisper

Contemplating the title of poet Mohammed Hisham's first anthology, "Then Water Did Not Come to Us," one promptly realizes that there's an implied context which the poet chose not to disclose, leaving it up to the readers of the collection to infer. What transpired before the word "then"? Certainly, an event