Buch, Arabisch, Englisch, 82 Seiten, Format (B × H): 185 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 422 g
Reihe: Tunis Encounters
Selected poems by Tammam Hunaidy, translated by Catherine Cobham, with photographs by Newsha Tavakolian
Buch, Arabisch, Englisch, 82 Seiten, Format (B × H): 185 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 422 g
Reihe: Tunis Encounters
ISBN: 978-3-910237-00-1
Verlag: Falschrum Books
Tammam Hunaidy’s poems are as comforting as they are unsettling. Mixing irony with brutal honesty, they restore a sense of order to a life touched by the pain of exile and death. Hunaidy, born in Syria, left his country soon after the beginning of the Syrian uprising – first to Beirut, then to Egypt, Sweden, and Turkey, where he currently lives with his wife and daughter.
Hunaidy’s poetry is accompanied by 33 photographs by the Iranian artist and photojournalist, Newsha Tavakolian. While the exact location of her landscapes and still lifes remains uncertain, they were taken at a variety of places across Asia, Africa, and Europe that people have been forced to leave in recent years, or have passed through while escaping war, violence, repression, and poverty. Tavakolian’s photos conjure an air of profound melancholy and, like Hunaidy’s poems, offer brief glimpses of beauty in the everyday.
Weitere Infos & Material
Write, don’t stop writing
About your voice that cursed the tyrant everywhere then begged him for mercy at the first slap
About the beggar you gave a coin to then insulted
About the bird you didn’t feed but spoke of in a splendid gathering
Write about wine you’ve only tasted at your rich friends’ houses
Write about what you want, about everything
And when you go back to a dark room
Don’t write about light, and don’t write about darkness either
Write about you
When you’re in a dark room.
