Murad’s Stone

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A text… a poetic voice and a highly motivated human being… a geographical and historical affiliation and a cultural cradle, and also… a being intertwined with symbols, he is—indeed—Murad al-Sudani. It is as if, through his poetic writing brimming with wonder at the creatures of nature since “Deir al-Sudan” and the passions of humankind… and the spirit’s yearning to defend “refined taste,” “aesthetic sense,” “love,” “truth,” and “freedom,” which will remain, as it always has been, the eternal aspiration of free men and women. The astute poet, in both person and text, offers us a rare opportunity to revisit unconventional thinking on “the poetic realm.” Palestine is the poet’s emotional compass… Palestine—in my mind and the mind of the poet Murad al-Sudani—is not merely a political, economic, or purely financial matter, but rather, before and after all that, an aesthetic dilemma—general and specifically poetic—in the literal, etymological sense of the word “poetry” (knowledge, awareness, self-discovery, memory, sensitivity, and a high appreciation for the collective, collective self). Independence.