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Don't forget the couscous
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- Book Synopsis
- Don't Forget the Couscous is a book of poetry about exile and home, love and loss. It is a beautiful love-song to the Arab world - Syria, Kurdistan, Morocco, Palestine and his native Aleppo. It is a memoir of the failed Arab Spring and the civil-war that has turned his native Syria into a 'fountain of blood'. It's a bitter account of the demonization of Islam in the West, and the violent interference of the West in the Islamic world. It is about being a Muslim and not a terrorist.Amir Darwish draws on the magical-realism of Naguib Mahfouz, the social satire of Muhammad al-Maghut and the love poetry of Rumi to describe the experience of Islam in Europe - from 'a Friday night doner kebab after a good night out' to a 'girl who has taken off the hijab in order to feel safe' and 'a mosque with broken windows'. It is a book about travel and love, and an apology on behalf of Muslims everywhere for having contributed nothing to the modern world except astronomy, coffee, clocks, algebra, falafels, apricots and doner kebabs. And don't forget the couscous...
- About The Author
- Amir Darwish is a British Syrian poet and writer of Kurdish origin. Born in Aleppo, he has degrees from Teesside and Durham Universities and now lives in London, where he is studying for an MA at Goldsmiths College. His poetry has been published in Pakistan, India, Finland, Turkey, Canada, Singapore, Mexico and the USA. His previous books are From Aleppo with Love and Don't Forget the Couscous (also published by Smokestack).
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780993149030
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Smokestack Books, (01 October 2015)
- Number of Pages
- 83
- Weight
- 102 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 121 x 7 mm
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