A Retired Gentleman and other stories Siham Bouhlal Must a poet write in

Must a poet write in the mother tongue

Rasheed el-Anany pays tribute to the late Alfred Farag (1929-2005)

and has been dangerous (and productive) in that sense

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A Retired Gentleman and other stories Siham Bouhlal Must a poet write inAfter a lifetime working as a professor of Arabic literature and a translator of contemporary Arab authors into English, the author now regales his readers with a rich medley of tales that will continue to resonate long after the book is put down. His characters are mainly migrants to Canada and the USA from Palestine Lebanon and Syria, starting their lives again, dealing with their memories, with pasts that cannot be recalled, with exile, with just