Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Poetic Obituaries: In 1981, [Ahmad Rashid] Thani released

his first collection of poetry in vernacular Arabic. He republished it in the 90s after adding new poems, including O! You Eat Dates. . . You Collect Gold.

Later, he released other collections, namely Drowning Verge, Morning Sits Next to Sea, Then Night Comes And Takes Me, Blood of the Candle, The Edge of the Rooms.

from Gulf News: Prominent Emirati poet Thani dies aged 49

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