Reason for the Rain
There was all this talk about Boticelli.
There was all this wine in our veins.
There was all this rain.
And all those people coming and going
Through my brain
Dancing on the ferry to another shore
Changes of scenery, of geography
Changes of heart
And there was this wall between words,
Erected
The 19th Sharjah Nabati Poetry Festival concluded on Monday at the Cultural Centre in Kalba City in Sharjah, in the presence of Sheikh Saeed bin Saqr bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Chairman of the Amiri Court in Khorfakkan.
Sheikh Haitham bin Saqr bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Chairman of the Ruler's Office in Kalba City; and poet Bati Al
As part of the cultural collaboration between Sharjah and India, Emirati writers engaged in dialogues celebrating UAE heritage and cross-cultural connections at the New Delhi World Book Fair 2025 (NDWBF).
Organised by the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) and India’s National Book Trust (NBT), in collaboration with the Emirates Publishers
The Silent Journey
Sailing on a boat, through a stormy sea
We distinguish the gaze following us from the shore
Frightened of the fate that pushes us toward the wild waves, swollen with blood
Down to the perturbed centuries
To the strange roots holding us in stasis
Rotating around the satellite that extinguishes in the
Despite modern day challenges, influence and significance of Sindhi language cannot be undermined, and it remains an essential part of South Asia’s cultural diversity
Even though Sindhi has constitutional and provincial recognition, policies for its development in education, administration, and media are not effectively
