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Is part of Fire and Sinbad Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen , 2008 sequence poetry
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Letter
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    y separately published work icon Culture Is ... : Australian Stories Across Cultures, An Anthology Anne-Marie Smith (editor), Kent Town : Wakefield Press , 2008 Z1541103 2008 anthology short story poetry prose autobiography drama 'An initiative of the Multicultural Writers Association of Australia, Culture Is ... is a collection of vivid storytelling by established and emerging writers from around Australia, with a notable proportion of work from Indigenous Australians, South Australian, non-metropolitan writers, and women. Emerging writers are represented in the 45 selected pieces, which cover a range of authors from different linguistic origins. The 22 prose works, juxtaposed with 23 poems, have subtle contrasts and parallels. [...] Significantly, several poems are bilingual and have been either translated from English into the author's mother tongue or were written in a language other than English, then translated. These include poems in Chinese, Italian, Slovene and Spanish.' -- Publisher's media release. Kent Town : Wakefield Press , 2008 pg. 109
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    y separately published work icon Fatherhood : Poems Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen , Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen (translator), Aabdulwahed Muhammed (translator), West Lakes : Seaview Press , 2009 Z1664505 2009 selected work poetry 'Wide ranging in his choice of subject matter, the poet pays heartfelt tribute to loss and grief but also to love in its many forms. Unafraid to address issues such as war, human rights and personal relationships, Kamal Ad-Deen does so with skill and empathy. Expect the unexpected! These poems are loaded with the strange and the symbolic. Suffering is shared, and the mysteries and intricacies of Iraqi culture are thoughtfully explored, making the personal universal.' From the introduction to the book by Jude Aquilina, p. vi. West Lakes : Seaview Press , 2009 pg. 43
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