A key figure in contemporary Arab poetry, Maram Al-Masri was born in Syria in 1962 and settled in France in 1982. The author of fifteen books, she has received many important literary prizes, including the Antonio Viccaro International Poetry Prize and the Dante Alighieri. In 2017 the Maram Al-Masri Prize was created, which rewards poetry and graphic works.
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The Bread of Letters
I
Who will blame the trees
when they loose their leaves?
who will accuse the sea of abandoning
shells on the sand?
I, mothe…
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