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No poet of the twentieth century has captured the experience of Arabic-speaking people in the modern world better than Tayseer al-Sboul. One of Jordan's most celebrated writers, educated in that country, as well as in Lebanon and Syria, he faced the dilemmas and contradictions of the Arab world during the Cold War years. Caught between tradition and modernity, he dreamed of a great Arab nation. With unflinching courage and brutal honesty, he revealed his life in poems: his family, his connection with his homeland, his rejection of tradition, his flirtation with leftist ideology, his love affairs, his politics, his experience of war and defeat, his inner struggle, his quest for truth. Through al-Sboul's poems, we understand the struggle of one Arab man to make sense of a world gone mad. Caught between the restrictions of traditional life, the cruelty of war, and the political oppression of the modern Middle East, he was determined to find his own peace, though it proved impossible. After the 1973 Arab-Israeli conflict, he lost all hope and took his own life. Featuring facing-page Arabic-English translations, this volume brings al-Sboul's poetry into English for the first time.
About the Author: Tayseer al-Sboul (1939-1973) is one of Jordan's most celebrated writers and poets. His masterpiece, You as of Today, won the al-Nahar Award for best Arabic novel in 1968 and continues to stand as one of the most accurate and powerful historical novels of the time.

Nesreen Akhtarkhavari is the Director of Arabic Studies at DePaul University, where she teaches Arabic literature, translation, content Arabic courses, and language and culture pedagogy.

Anthony A. Lee is a lecturer of history at UCLA and at West Los Angeles College, specializing in African American history, African history, and the African Diaspora in Iran.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781611861617
  • Publisher: Michigan State University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Michigan State University Press
  • Depth: 13
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Weight: 322 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1611861616
  • Publisher Date: 01 Apr 2015
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 226 mm
  • No of Pages: 154
  • Series Title: Arabic Literature and Language
  • Sub Title: Poems by Tayseer Al-sboul
  • Width: 152 mm


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