The Iraqi Nights is the third collection by the acclaimed Iraqi poet Dunya Mikhail. Taking The One Thousand and One Nights as her central theme, Mikhail personifies the role of Scheherazade the storyteller, saving herself through her tales. The nights are endless, seemingly as dark as war in this haunting collection, seemingly as endless as www.doorway.ru by: 1. A reading of Dunya Mikhail’s poem “The Iraqi Nights”. From The Iraqi Nights (New Directions, ), translated from the Arabic by Kareem James Abu-Zeid. Reprinted from Split This Rock’s The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database. Dunya Mikhail is an Iraqi-American poet.
The Iraqi Nights is the third collection by the acclaimed Iraqi poet Dunya Mikhail. Taking The One Thousand and One Nights as her central theme, Mikhail personifies the role of Scheherazade the storyteller, saving herself through her tales. In this haunting collection, the nights are endless, seemingly as dark and as endless as war. A reading of Dunya Mikhail's poem "The Iraqi Nights". Download or read book entitled The Iraqi Nights written by Dunya Mikhail and published by New Directions Publishing online. This book was released on with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the personification of Scheherazade from "One Thousand and One Nights", the author collects poems to.
The Iraqi Nights by Dunya Mikhail. Translated from the Arabic by Kareem James Abu-Zeid. The Iraqi Nights is the third collection by the acclaimed Iraqi poet Dunya Mikhail. Taking The One Thousand and One Nights as her central theme, Mikhail personifies the role of Scheherazade the storyteller, saving herself through her tales. In this haunting collection, the nights are endless, seemingly as dark and as endless as war. Iraqi American poet Dunya Mikhail was born in Baghdad and earned a BA at the University of Baghdad. She worked as a translator and journalist for the Baghdad Observer before being placed on Saddam Hussein’s enemies list. Iraqi Nights deserves a place among the books that prove this permanent truth. The Iraqi Nights, by Dunya Mikhail (trans. Kareem James Abu-Zeid), New Directions, , 83pp., $ The poems in John Repp’s most recent chapbook (Music Over the Water, Alice Greene Co., ) are set in or near Presque Isle State Park. He coordinates the Writing Concentration at Edinboro University and teaches courses in every genre the Concentration offers.
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