Love is to cherish, care and respect their presence in you. Love is what life didn't show me since my childhood till the moment I fell for you. I have found me, in you, and I never knew what love is until you came through. Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people … Continue reading I found me, in you
Manar Darkazanli ARAB 325- GMU Seraj Assi 12/4/2017 Palestinians are Refugees Today and Tomorrow “Those big clean fruits were beloved objects on [their] eyes” (Kanafani 77). Ghassan Kanafani, the author of Men in the Sun and The Land of Sad Orange, was one of the most talented Arabic prose writers who was born … Continue reading Men in the Sun – Ghassan Kanafani
One of the most beautiful pieces in the Arabic literature history. Qabbani is originally from Syria, and lived his whole life loving the one and only woman who died at a young age.
Over the past month, I’ve been reading a great deal of Nizar’s work. Nizar, for those of you who don’t know is a poet of Syrian decent. The Labanese Daily Star best described him when they wrote that his poetry is “more powerful than all the Arab regimes put together.”
Nizar wrote about love in all its forms and its resulting consequences in a time and place where love, in its most primal (if that even exists) form, was an extremely taboo subject. And to be fair to the region, he wrote some ‘racey’ pieces even by today’s standard. I don’t really want to make this post about Qabbani, not that he doesn’t deserve one, but instead I’d like to share with you 17 pieces of poetry (some of which are only excerpts) that I enjoyed a great deal. Do keep in mind that he wrote in Arabic and as…
و أخذ يسير على مهل بين أضواء دمشق و شجرها و بشرها ..فكر كل شي ها هنا جميل، لكن ثمة شيء ما يشوب هذا الجمال لعله شيء من الحسن، لعله شيء من البحث عن الذات عن ذات هذه المدينه العتيقة نعم انها تدرك روحها و هويتها و تتغنى بأصالة يحق لها أن تتغنى بها ..لكن … Continue reading ليس سرابا-Not a Mirage
Manar Darkazanli Summer 2017 internship GMU Abstract Since the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010, the low quality of water sanitation has exacerbated. This has resulted in Haiti having the lowest rates of improvements in water infrastructure in the Western hemisphere, according to the 2012 report by the World Health Organization and UNICEF. … Continue reading Haiti and Water Sanitation