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Aug-Dec 2022 Roundup
It has been another busy 6 months. As with my last roundup, my quiet is usually due to teaching (they said it’d quieten down after the first year… hmm) but here are some highlights. Most of this has been performance-heavy … Continue reading
‘Have You Seen Afifa, Have You Seen Latifa?’ Recovering History Through Folktales
This article was originally published in ArabLit Quarterly: FOLK, in December 2021. The issue (and all the back catalogue up to the latest issue) can be purchased on Gumroad. A year since publication, and on the International Day for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arab Lit Quarterly, Bahrain, Folk, Poetry, translation
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Reflections on ‘Silence is a Sense’
I: Fear and Expression Let me begin with a quotation, not from the book I’m about to consider but from another it called to my mind: In the fearful years of the Yezhov terror I spent seventeen months in prison … Continue reading
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The Story of Nabih Saleh
I visited Bahrain for the first time in too many years this summer. On one day, we did a tour of historic mosques in the islands, visiting the resting places of Sheikh Maytham Al-Bahrani (Mahooz), Emir Zaid bin Sohan (Malchiyya), … Continue reading
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Tagged Bahrain, Muhammad Ali Al-Nasiri, Nabih Saleh, translation
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Jan-July 2022 Roundup
It feels like a very long time since any posts have come up here – and indeed, it’s because it has been. It’s been an incredibly busy year. I’ve completed my first year of teacher training (got my QTS, but … Continue reading
‘Al-Baseet Diary’ – Teaching Myself Metered Arabic
At the start of 2021, I gave myself the goal of writing metered Arabic poetry. One year on, I have not managed to do that to any degree of satisfaction, however I have come a long way. I’ve read more … Continue reading
Between Two Islands – Round Up
It has been a bumper month for the Between Two Islands project. I’ve been too busy to even do all the marketing expected of sole artists in today’s market… So in case you missed it: The Between Two Islands Shop … Continue reading
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Tagged Bahrain, between two islands, liverpool arab arts festival, Poetry
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New Poem: Prophecy & Prayers
A new poem of mine is published today in Issue 1 of BAHR // بحر magazine, a great new, bilingual En/Ar magazine. My poem, Prophecy & Prayers, is best read on a computer (or ‘Desktop View’) due to its formatting. … Continue reading
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Tagged apples and snakes, arabic poetry, bahr, bilingual poetry, Poetry
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RAQABIYYA, or Neck Tax
RAQABIYYA, or Neck Tax Granny, chewing a date, transmits her soul, then presses it between the baby girl’s lips. “[They] suffer from the tyranny of their masters more keenly than language can express,” observes Captain Robert Taylor of the East India Companyas he passes … Continue reading
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Tagged Bahrain, Gulf, history, poem, Poetry, South West Asia and North Africa, SWANA
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Review: The Arabic Prose Poem by Huda Fakhreddine
I had the pleasure of discovering Huda Fakhreddine’s work a few months ago, just as I set myself the challenge to write more in Arabic. Her articles on the Arabic prose poem were insightful, and so I eagerly awaited her … Continue reading
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