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Bahrain

Bahraini poet Qassim Haddad is known for his free verse. This volume brings a classical Arabic love story into a contemporary poetic form and perspective.

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Edition cover: Chronicles of Majnun Layla and Selected Poems — Qassim Haddad
English edition

Qassim Haddad

Chronicles of Majnun Layla and Selected Poems

About the book

A poet reworks the ancient story of Majnun and Layla alongside a selection spanning four decades.

Original title: أخبار مجنون ليلى (Akhbar Majnun Layla) / wybór wierszy

EnglishTranslation

Chronicles of Majnun Layla and Selected Poems

Syracuse University Press · 2014

Translated by Ferial Ghazoul i John Verlenden

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Ali Al Saeed

QuixotiQ

About the book

A Bahraini author’s thriller about hidden secrets, disillusionment and the search for direction.

EnglishOriginal

QuixotiQ

iUniverse

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Edition cover: Moments — Ali Al Saeed
English edition

Ali Al Saeed

Moments

About the book

An English-language short fiction collection by a Bahraini writer.

EnglishOriginal

Moments

Ali Al Saeed / Lulu

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