By George LongeneckerRain TaxiJune 2016 Ursula K. Le Guin’s newest book includes poems, an essay on poetic cra , and…
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Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here reviewed on Jadaliyya
By Asmaa AbdallahJadaliyyaJune 23rd, 2013 Beau Beausoleil and Deema Shehabi, editors. Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here: Poets and Writers Respond to…
Love poems in the age of Islamophobia— The Poetry of Akbar Ahmed
By AB Wire The American Bazaar February 1st, 2016 Library of Congress’s ‘The Poet and The Poem’ series features Akbar…
Baghdad’s ‘Street of the Booksellers’ honoured at Manchester’s John Rylands library
by Ellie Violet BramleyThe Guardian UKJanuary 21st, 2014 Hundreds of writers and artists prepare tributes to Iraq’s historic books hub,…
Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here in World Literature Today
by Issa J. BoullataWorld Literature TodaySeptember 2013 Al-Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad is a winding street about one thousand feet long,…
Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here in European Journal of The English Studies
By Katharina Motyl & Mahmoud Arghavan European Journal of English Studies July 16th, 2018 Shortly after the US-led invasion of…
Poetry, faith, and the Muslim soul
By Frankie MartinThe Washington PostFebruary 21, 2011 For Americans, Islam brings to mind many things, but poetry is rarely among…
Suspended Somewhere Between: A Review
By Shadab Zeest Hashmi Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies 3, no. 2 (2011) In Akbar Ahmed’s Suspended Somewhere Between,…
Suspended Somewhere Between on Writers’ Hub
By SJ AhmedWriters HubSeptember 30, 2011 Before I commence, I have a confession to make. When I was asked to…
Poetry as a Panacea in our Troubled World
By Manjula KumarThe Huffington PostNovember 3rd, 2011 All my personal and professional life I have made an effort to reach…