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

Ahram Online highlights a selection of do-not-miss events this week 29 January - 5 February in Cairo and Alexandria.

A graffiti in Arabic ... turned to poetry, quoting verses like, "When you wage your wars, think of those who ask for peace," a line misremembered from Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish.

As you walk through the cold, dark cells of Assad's prisons, the graffiti on the walls cry out. They plead to God and yearn ...

One wrote a single word in Arabic, “ashtaqtilak” -- “I miss ... “father” in the other. Some quote poetry. “When you wage your wars, think of those who ask for peace,” reads one, slightly ...

Our columnist approves. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” Her On Poetry ...

On July 7th, 2024, X [7] user @JohnB132489 posted a version of the meme recaptioned to, "There is an Arabic saying: kill all white people." The post (shown below) received over 290 likes in six months ...

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY head Mahmoud Abbas meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome last month. With Abbas’s leadership in decline and the PA losing its legitimacy among its people ...

And then, there was Mahmoud Darwish, the national poet of Palestine and Samir’s biggest influence. "He taught me a lot of things. I was with him for 13 years," he said. "We could sit here for two ...

Hamas's police chief, Mahmoud Salah, and his aide, Hassam Shahwan, were killed in a strike in the al-Mawasi area in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported on Thursday ...

Issue: Whether public schools burden parents’ religious exercise when they compel elementary school children to participate in instruction on gender and sexuality against their parents’ religious ...