Author Archives: Administrator

The last day of Palfest 2011 — it started quietly. Our trusty bus, the fat bellied one in which we all sat together, rolled out of Ramallah. As I stared out of the window, I could see the wild flowering … Continue reading →

April 9, 2011 (very early morning) Night of April 7, I went to the Al Midan theater in Haifa. There was a memorial for Juliano Mer-Khamis. His friends were reading in turn from Darwish’s poem `The Shroud.’ After that poem … Continue reading →

Tuesday march 22, 2011 The poetry festival in Vicenza is over, at least my part in it. They invite one poet at a time. It so happened that I was the inaugural poet. It was intense, moving. Marco Fazzini with … Continue reading →

March 21, 2011 A clear and brilliant morning. I look out of my high window in the Palazzo Malipiero and see the waters of the grand canal, the front of Ca’ Rezzonico with the green banner blown over in the … Continue reading →

Venice, Friday 18 march, 2011 Said goodbye to David who was here for a few days. We sat in the sunshine on an old bench. Coffee in hand the waters of the canal in front. Together we had taken the … Continue reading →

March 9, 2011 Went last night to Ahdaf Souief’s talk `Notes from the Egyptian Revolution’. She spoke of how people wore saucepans on their heads, since they didn’t have helmets, and that in Egypt a saucepan on the head, in … Continue reading →