The first day of the Tanweer Festival proved to be a spectacular gathering of music, poetry and art, as the desert night came alive under a canopy of stars in the vast and historical wonder of the Mleiha desert.
The festival, envisioned by Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi as a first-of-its-kind in the region, welcomed over 2,000
Amidst a festive atmosphere in the open-air theatre in the courtyard of the Egyptian city of Luxor, the Luxor Arabic Poetry Festival put the final touches on the activities of the ninth edition, held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, and organised by the
Through the straights soul
I had a longing
My tear came out
In the stone of solitude.
Bilall Maliqi, an eminent poet and author from Kosovo, shares his poems
Bilall Maliqi was born on April 8th, 1969, in the Village of Elez Bali, Municipality of Presheva. He writes poetry and prose for children and adults, and is a literary
I am the sea and the ocean, the captain of my ship, under this firmament.
I am the volcano and the ice of Antarctica…
Alma Buljubasic Maglic, a poet from Bosnia and Herzegovina, based in Denmark, shares her poems
Alma Buljubasic Maglic was born in Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina, where she was educated. Due to the war in
Amidst the tempest’s rage and the barren hills,
The shepherd treads alone, the frost’s cold
No longer feared – spring’s warmth far behind.
Dr. Tzemin Ition Tsai, a seasoned poet from Taiwan, shares his poems
Dr. Tzemin Ition Tsai (born 1957) hails from a small fishing village along the southern coast of
