賲賵卮賵乇賲亘賱賱亘丕賱丨乇賵亘

Sinan Antoon, 爻賳丕賳兀賳胤賵賳

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64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

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爻賳丕賳兀賳胤賵賳
卮丕毓乇賵乇賵丕卅賷賵兀賰丕丿賷賲賷賵賱丿賮賷亘睾丿丕丿毓丕賲佟侃佴侑. 丨氐賱毓賱賶亘賰丕賱賵乇賷賵爻賮賷丕賱兀丿亘丕賱廿賳賰賱賷夭賷賲賳噩丕賲毓丞亘睾丿丕丿. 賴丕噩乇听亘毓丿丨乇亘丕賱禺賱賷噩佟侃侃佟廿賱賶丕賱賵賱丕賷丕鬲丕賱賲鬲丨丿丞丨賷孬兀賰賲賱丿乇丕爻丕鬲賴賵丨氐賱毓賱賶丕賱賲丕噩爻鬲賷乇賲賳噩丕賲毓丞噩賵乇噩鬲丕賵賳毓丕賲佟侃侃佶賵丕賱丿賰鬲賵乇丕賴賮賷丕賱兀丿亘丕賱毓乇亘賷賲賳噩丕賲毓丞賴丕乇冥丕乇丿亘丕賲鬲賷丕夭毓丕賲佗贍贍佴.
賳卮乇乇賵丕賷鬲賴丕賱兀賵賱賶"廿毓噩丕賲" 毓丕賲佗贍贍伲賵鬲購乇噩賲鬲廿賱賶丕賱廿賳賰賱賷夭賷丞賵丕賱賳乇賵賷噩賷丞賵丕賱亘乇鬲睾丕賱賷丞賵丕賱兀賱賲丕賳賷丞賵丕賱廿賷胤丕賱賷丞 . 賳卮乇乇賵丕賷鬲賴丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 "賵丨丿賴丕卮噩乇丞丕賱乇賲丕賳" 毓丕賲佗贍佟贍賵鬲乇噩賲賴丕亘賳賮爻賴廿賱賶丕賱廿賳賰賱賷夭賷丞賵賮丕夭鬲丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞亘噩丕卅夭丞亘丕賳賷亘丕賱-爻賷賮睾亘丕卮毓丕賲佗贍佟佶賱兀賮囟賱鬲乇噩賲丞兀丿亘賷丞賲賳丕賱毓乇亘賷丞. 賳卮乇乇賵丕賷鬲賴丕賱孬丕賱孬丞 "賷丕賲乇賷賲" 毓丕賲佗贍佟佗賵賵氐賱鬲廿賱賶丕賱賯丕卅賲丞丕賱賯氐賷乇丞賱賱噩丕卅夭丞丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞賱賱乇賵丕賷丞丕賱毓乇亘賷丞. 賵氐丿乇鬲鬲乇噩賲鬲賴丕丕賱廿爻亘丕賳賷丞毓丕賲毓賳丿丕乇賳卮乇鬲乇賳乇賮賷賲丿乇賷丿毓丕賲佗贍佟伽. 氐丿乇鬲乇賵丕賷鬲賴丕賱乇丕亘毓丞 "賮賴乇爻" 賮賷亘丿丕賷丞毓丕賲佗贍佟佴. 賱賴賲噩賲賵毓鬲丕賳卮毓乇賷鬲丕賳: "賲賵卮賵乇賲亘賱賱亘丕賱丨乇賵亘" (賲賷乇賷鬲貙丕賱賯丕賴乇丞貙佗贍贍伽) 賵 "賱賷賱賵丕丨丿賮賷賰賱丕賱賲丿賳" (丿丕乇丕賱噩賲賱貙亘賷乇賵鬲貙佗贍佟贍). 氐丿乇鬲鬲乇噩賲丞賱兀卮毓丕乇賴亘丕賱廿賳賰賱賷夭賷丞毓賳丿丕乇賴丕乇亘乇賲丕賵賳鬲賳亘乇爻毓丕賲佗贍贍侑亘毓賳賵丕賳 .The Baghdad Blues 賵鬲乇噩賲卮毓乇賴廿賱賶丕賱廿賷胤丕賱賷丞賵丕賱兀賱賲丕賳賷丞賵丕賱鬲乇賰賷丞賵丕賱廿爻亘丕賳賷丞賵丕賱賴賳丿賷丞. 兀禺乇噩賮賱賲丕賸賵孬丕卅賯賷丕賸毓賳丕賱毓乇丕賯亘毓丿丕賱睾夭賵亘毓賳賵丕賳 About Baghdad (丨賵賱亘睾丿丕丿) 氐賵賾乇賮賷亘睾丿丕丿賮賷鬲賲賵夭貙毓丕賲佗贍贍伲.
鬲乇噩賲兀賰孬乇賲賳賲卅鬲賷賯氐賷丿丞賲賳丕賱卮毓乇丕賱毓乇亘賷丕賱丨丿賷孬廿賱賶丕賱廿賳賰賱賷夭賷丞賵乇購卮賽丨賻鬲鬲乇噩賲鬲賴賱賯氐丕卅丿賲丨賲賵丿丿乇賵賷卮賱噩丕卅夭丞亘賷賳 Pen 賱賱鬲乇噩賲丞毓丕賲佗贍贍伽. 鬲乇噩賲 "賮賷丨囟乇丞丕賱睾賷丕亘" 賱賲丨賲賵丿丿乇賵賷卮廿賱賶丕賱廿賳賰賱賷夭賷丞 (丿丕乇丌乇卮賷亘賷賱丕睾賵貙佗贍佟佟) 賵賮丕夭鬲丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞亘噩丕卅夭丞兀賮囟賱鬲乇噩賲丞兀丿亘賷丞賮賷丕賱賵賱丕賷丕鬲丕賱賲鬲丨丿丞賵賰賳丿丕賲賳噩賲毓賷丞丕賱賲鬲乇噩賲賷賳丕賱兀丿亘賷賷賳賱匕賱賰丕賱毓丕賲. 賰賲丕鬲乇噩賲賲禺鬲丕乇丕鬲賲賳兀卮毓丕乇爻毓丿賷賷賵爻賮氐丿乇鬲亘毓賳賵丕賳 "兀賷賴匕丕丕賱丨賳賷賳賷丕毓丿賵賷" (丿丕乇睾乇賷賵賵賱賮貙佗贍佟佗). 毓賲賱兀爻鬲丕匕丕賱賱兀丿亘丕賱毓乇亘賷賮賷賰賱賷丞丿丕乇鬲賲賵孬賮賷佗贍贍伲-佗贍贍佶貙賵賷毓賲賱兀爻鬲丕匕丕賸賱賱兀丿亘丕賱毓乇亘賷賮賷噩丕賲毓丞賳賷賵賷賵乇賰賲賳匕毓丕賲佗贍贍佶. 賳卮乇丕賱毓丿賷丿賲賳丕賱賲賯丕賱丕鬲賵丕賱丿乇丕爻丕鬲丕賱兀賰丕丿賷賲賷丞毓賳丕賱卮毓乇丕賱毓乇亘賷丕賱丨丿賷孬.

Sinan Antoon is a poet, novelist and translator. His poems and essays (in Arabic) have appeared in as-Safir, al-Adab, al-Akhbar, Majallat al-Dirasat al-Filastiniyya, Masharef and (in English) in The Nation, Middle East Report, Al-Ahram Weekly, Banipal, Journal of Palestine Studies, The Massachusetts Review, World Literature Today, Ploughshares, Washington Square Journal, and the New York Times.

He has published two collections of poetry; Mawshur Muballal bil-Hurub (Cairo, 2003) and Laylun Wahidun fi Kull al-Mudun (One Night in All Cities) (Beirut/Baghdad: Dar al-Jamal, 2010). His novels include I`jaam (2003), which has been translated into English as I`jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody (City Lights, 2006) as well as Norwegian, German, Portuguese, and Italian, Wahdaha Shajarat al-Rumman (The Pomegranate Alone) (Beirut: al-Mu'assassa al-`Arabiyya, 2010), forthcoming from Yale University Press in Spring 2013 as The Corpse Washer, and Ya Maryam (Beirut: Dar al-Jamal, 2012). His translation of Mahmoud Darwish鈥檚 last prose book In the Presence of Absence, was published by Archipelago Books in 2011 and won the 2012 National Translation Award given by the American LIterary Translators Association (ALTA). His co-translation (with Peter Money) of a selection of Saadi Youssef's late poetry was published by Graywolf in November 2012.

Sinan is a member of the Editorial Review Board of the Arab Studies Journal. He is an associate professor at the Gallatin School, New York University and co-founder and co-editor of the cultural page of Jadaliyya.

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