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Elixir of Life
Hearts full, tiny feet raced the sun’s rays across the land. The dust embraced resplendent grapevines, with heavy…
Eleven Stars over Andalusia
We have on this earth what makes life worth living. Where should we go after the last frontiers?…
Exploiting Femininity & Others
Preamble A disguised defeatwhen all is said and donenothing will remainbut society’s burden turned to dustdrifting through eternity.…
A Sufi on the Path to God
One sorrow extends; another moors itself,folded into sombre-filled nights.Walled in by absence, we seewhat eyes—misled by intuition—miss.Displaced to…
Essay two: Excelling as Defiance: The Early Life of Doria Shafik
I began my journey into the life of Dr. Doria Shafik more than three years ago. Throughout these…
“All the Women in My Life,”
a conversation with Tarek El-Ariss about his memoir Water on Fire: A Memoir of War I can see…
Hip-hop is Poetry over Beats
An interview with Egyptian rapper Mohammed Eldeeb Sitting with Mohammed Eldeeb (or just Deeb) all the stereotypes and…
Time With The Gramps
Time spent with grandparents is always memorable. Those moments usually stand out as some of the most precious…
Proverbs
PRO Rowayat is about words . . . Words making poetry, words making stories, words telling you about…
A Conversation with Hedy Habra
It is strange how, in late 2012/early 2013, Habra found herself publishing three books at the same time,…