March 21st is World Poetry Day, a day to celebrate the beauty and power of words. This special occasion shines a spotlight on ...

Her book on the major literary movements and new directions in modern Arabic poetry is forthcoming with University of Notre Dame Press. Athamneh founded and directed an immersion Arabic study abroad ...

The poet says that while censorship in a dictatorship is nothing new, the same in a democracy feels like entering a new totalitarianism ...

The Syrian young poet Yazan Qasim Issa won the third prize in the 11th seasonof the Prince of Poets competition of 2025, ...

During the event, poet Abdullah Al-Fulaijawi recited a tribute poem, "Najm Al-Sarat," expressing Al-Babtain's profound ...

After weeks of speculation about "Supreme Guide" Ali Khamenei's strategy for dealing with the new Trump administration in Washington, it seems that he has opted for a cocktail of tantalizing pledges ...

Languishing in a dungeon cell of Syria's then-ruler Bashar al-Assad, an unknown prisoner scrawled a verse of Arabic poetry on his cell wall — an expression of pain and love amid his torment.