Reading Syrian Poetry: A Conversation with Daniel Behar
Reading Syrian Poetry: A Conversation with Daniel Behar By Tugrul Mende In his new book Syrian Poets and Vernacular Modernity Daniel Behar looks at a poetic movement that rose from under official state discourse in 1970s Syria. The text examines unknown poetic texts from Syria from the 1970s onward, as well as well-known poetry from Nizar Qabbani and Muhammad al-Maghut. In this conversation,…










