Don't Forget the Couscous by Amir Darwish

Don't Forget the Couscous by Amir Darwish

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...

Amir Darwish is a British Syrian poet & writer of Kurdish origin. Born in Aleppo & came to Britain as an asylum seeker in 2003. He completed a BA in history at Teesside University and an MA in International Relations from Durham University. Currently, he lives & writes in London. He published work in the UK, USA, India, Pakistan, Finland, Turkey & Mexico. His work has been translated into Arabic, Finnish, Italian and Turkish.

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ISBN 13	9780993149030
ISBN 10	0993149030
Titel	Don't Forget the Couscous
Autor	Amir Darwish
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Smokestack Books
Erscheinungsjahr	2015-10-01
Seitenanzahl	84
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.