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POETRY IN THE MINEFIELDS (Iraqi poets translated by Haider Catan and Tim Heffernan)

(edited by Ramon Loyola & Michele Seminara) An Extract from the Introduction to The Poetry in the Minefields By Abdulrahman Almajedi, Iraqi journalist and poet living in the Netherlands Organizers of …

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Abdulrahman Almajediahmad diaaahmed jabbourali taj aldeenali thrabHaider Catanhasin tahsinkadhem khanjarmazen almaamourimohamed karimThe Poetry in the MinefieldsTim Heffernanwissan ali

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