Results for
poetry
20 Results-
Could the UK have a brown or black national poet next?
A Pakistan-born British poet may soon become the first immigrant to be appointed the Poet Laureate of the country. Imtiaz Dharkar is one of the front ... Features -
Pakistani driver perfects Saudi accent, turns into a poet
After being influenced by the accent of Saudi tribes and mingling with public transport drivers, Pakistani expatriate Abed Hussein, who works as a ... Variety -
Why is this Saudi colloquialist Kiki dance most controversial
Saudi colloquialist Manei bin Shalhat stirred controversy after he got out of his car to perform the “Kiki” dance following the challenge ... Features -
Israeli Arab Dareen Tatour convicted of incitement in her poetry
An Israeli court on Thursday convicted Israeli Arab Dareen Tatour of incitement to violence and “support for a terror organization” in ... Art and culture -
Saudi ‘My Mother’
You ask me what’s Saudi? Saudi is the mother that embraced me since I first opened my eyes to this world.. The Mother that raised me with ... Blogs -
Bahrain-based Indian poet salutes the island nation in maiden book
Vaijayantee Bhattacharya has flown to Kolkata from Bahrain countless times since she first moved to the Pearl of the Gulf in 2010. But now she is back ... Features -
Dubai ruler takes to verse to urge Qatar turnabout
The ruler of Dubai has taken to verse to urge Qatar to concede to the demands of Saudi Arabia and its allies for an end to a crippling embargo. Sheikh ... Media -
The beauty of novels
Al-Mutanabbi used to get really upset when his wife narrated dull stories, like stories about ants and bugs, to their son. These stories were ... Middle East -
Gulf Arabs, poetry and prose
Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan had recently taken part in the children’s television show Sesame Street and read ... Middle East -
The more faithful you are with people, the more deceived they are
Saudi poet Saad bin Jadlan passed away few days ago after almost reaching the age of seventy Middle East -
Rakha sees Egypt through poets’ eyes in ‘The Crocodiles’
"The Crocodiles" explores the relationship between literature and politics in Egypt Features -
Afghan women share poems on love, sex and war at London festival
War, sex, love, drones and American soldiers: For Afghanistan’s women poets, nothing is off-limits. Art and culture -
Egyptian poet Abnudi dies at 76
Abnudi, who underwent brain surgery at a Cairo hospital just days ago, rose to prominence in the 1960s for his poems Art and culture -
Iraqi poet seeks to heal her homeland with words
Al-Jubouri, 47, who fled Saddam Hussein and took political asylum in Germany in 1998, was one of the first exiled writers to return to Iraq after his fall Features -
Picasso art used to spotlight war-torn Gaza
An Israeli airstrike leveled the 13-story apartment tower where Mozayen’s office, studio and archive were located Art and culture -
Palestinian poet Samih al-Qasim dies at 75
He was best known for his nationalist poetry in which he passionately defended the rights and identity of Israel's Arab minority. Art and culture -
‘Become Iraqi to become a poet’: Arbil poetry festival builds bridges
Arbil has turned its attention to a unified love of poetry, in a country where diplomacy and politics have failed Art and culture -
‘Secret poetry’ of Afghan women revealed in new book
The book is a compilation of subversive, two-line verses by Afghan women Art and culture -
Indian in Saudi Arabia talks about poetry, expatriates
Kazi Hasan Arabi, a longtime Indian expatriate in Saudi Arabia, talks about his experience of the country, its development and what led him to find a ... Art and culture -
Cross-cultural satire: poet combines American, Pakistani humor
"I never take the beaten path as a poet of humor and satire. The humor and satire, especially in the poetry, are not so easy, as it looks." ... Variety
You’ve viewed 20 of 20 results