Title: Contemporary poetry from Iraq by Bushra Al-Bustani : a facing page translation /
Authors: Bustānī, Bushrá.; Abdulaali, Wafaa Abdullatif.; Dhahir, Sanna, 1950-
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Bustānī, Bushrá Translations into English.; Iraq War, 2003-2011 Poetry.; Arabic poetry Iraq.
Abstract: "A scholarly translation of a poem expressing the intensity and immediacy of grief. At a time when the portrayal of Iraq, its people, and the Arabic language is monolithic, al-Bustani's Andalusian work illuminates the complexity, diversity, and humanity of Iraq as well as Arabic."--Jacket.
Contents: Foreword / by Deema K. Shehabi -- Acknowledgment -- Transliteration of the Arabic -- Translators' prologue -- Andalusian songs for the wounds of Iraq -- Bibliography -- Index.