In The National Ben East doubles up with Adonis coverage, reporting first that Adonis's translator shares details of his own nuanced art (that would be recent Saif Ghobash-Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation-winning Khaled Mattawa), and then showing how Adonis offers his poetic view.
Meanwhile, at The Mosaic Rooms there's A Tribute to Adonis, which runs through 30 March -- and includes an exhibit of Adonis' art, which actually looks pretty cool.
Of course, not everyone has caught Adonis fever -- as the Tehran Times reports:
Meanwhile, at The Mosaic Rooms there's A Tribute to Adonis, which runs through 30 March -- and includes an exhibit of Adonis' art, which actually looks pretty cool.
Of course, not everyone has caught Adonis fever -- as the Tehran Times reports:
Certain Syrian literati have not been invited to the International Congress on Islamic Awakening Literature, which opened in Tehran on Sunday.(The 'Islamic Awakening' is how the Iranian government officially likes to think of what has become known elsewhere as the 'Arab Spring'; obviously part of the 'problem' with these -- not coincidentally all expatriate -- Syrian poets has less to do with their "Islamic views" than with their stand (soft though it arguably is in some cases) on the current Syrian situation.)
They were bypassed for the event due to a lack of Islamic elements in their works, the organizers said in a press conference on Saturday.
Asked about the absence of Nouri al-Jarrah, Ghada al-Samman and Ali Ahmad Said Asbar (Adunis) at the congress, the congress secretary said, "Not only are they not categorized as Islamic awakening poets but also they are very distant from Islamic views."