Victims of A Map

Adonis is the pen name of Ali Ahmad Said Esber, a Syrian-Lebanese poet and essayist born in Al Qassabin, Latakia, in 1930. He left Syria for Lebanon in 1956 and later settled in Paris. Author of some twenty volumes of poetry and thirteen of criticism, he led the modernist revolution in twentieth-century Arabic poetry.

Mahmoud Darwish was a Palestinian poet whose work often explored themes of homeland, exile, and identity. His collection, The Butterfly's Burden, is a powerful example of his lyrical and deeply resonant verse. He's a voice that truly speaks to the heart of human experience.