Akl Awit has three unpublished books and still writes frequently. After the August 4 explosion in Beirut, Awit got inspired to write about this incident to describe the “hell” Beirut is going through. He believes Beirut to be the heart and home of poetry but after all it has gone through, it is now destroyed. Because of his frustration, Akl Awit decided to end his publishing strike and will soon publish his article about the explosion and is working on translating it in both English and French. He wants the world to know the reality Lebanon is going through.(A. Awit, personal communication, November 7, 2020)