CiNii Books - Sand, and other poems

First published in 1986. This is a collection of poems selected and translated by Rana Kabbani. Born in Palestine in 1942, as a child of six Daweesh recalls how his native village of Al-Birwa was destroyed by the Israeli army. He has published eleven volumes of poetry and thee of prose and is considered one of the most influential poets writing in Arabic.

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Chapter 1 If I could choose again from the beginning
Chapter 2 We walk towards a land
Chapter 3 Earth narrows before us
Chapter 4 The flute speaks
Chapter 5 Sand
Chapter 6 Al-Mutanabbi's Voyage into Egypt
Chapter 7 Gypsy song
Chapter 8 Sirhan drinks his coffee in the cafeteria
Chapter 9 The river is the stranger
Chapter 10 Always
Chapter 11 The train at One
Chapter 12 I asked you to take me as autumn and river
Chapter 13 On Fifth Avenue he greeted me
Chapter 14 Words
Chapter 15 I love the seas I love
Chapter 16 Birds die in Galilee
Chapter 17 Woman
Chapter 18 Beirut
Chapter 19 Fog on a mirror
Chapter 20 Last evening in Paris
Chapter 21 Another year only
Chapter 22 Pigeons settle, pigeons fly

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