"Mahmoud Darwish was the Palestinian national poet. One of the greatest poets of the last half-century, his work evokes the loss of his homeland, suffused with the pain of dispossession and exile. But his poems, too, display a brilliant acuity, a passion for and openness to the world and, above all, a deep and abiding humanity. Here, his friends Rema Hammami and John Berger present a beautiful new translation of two of Darwish's later works, his epic...

"A selection of bracingly honest, wry, and luminous poetry from the award-winning Egyptian poet Iman Mersal. Iman Mersal is Egypt's--indeed, the Arab world's--great outsider poet. Over the past three decades, she has crafted a voice that is ferocious and tender, street-smart and vulnerable. Her early work captures the energies of Cairo's legendary literary bohème, a home for "Lovers of cheap weed and awkward confessions / Anti-State agitators" and...

A selection of the exquisite, passionate verse of the Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish, superbly translated into English.

"In 3 volumes, the complete prose works of Mahmoud Darwish. This set includes a compilation of the late Palestinian poets prose works and some of his articles, thoughts, and letters during his lifetime. The works are mainly themed around Darwish's adherence to his Arab Palestinian identity, and deal with issues, events, and situations related to different social, cultural and political events experiences by the writer. The prose works focus on Palestinian...