Sunday, March 21, 2010

Adonis

Long interviews with Adonis in Al-Hayat. Notice that he is allowed to speak about (and against) Arab nationalism, leftism, and SSNP but not about Wahhabi salafism. Also notice that he accuses the great poet, Khalil Hawi (one of my favorites) of being jealous of him. But Adonis did not say if Hawi continued to be jealous of him when he died. Notice that he also said that Mahmud Darwish's poem about his mother is "laughable." (thanks Zainab)