This book collects selected texts by twenty-one male and female poets from different cultural and social backgrounds, regardless of the reasons and ways they left Syria, even though most of them left after the outbreak of the revolution in early 2011. Today they live in various countries in the Arab world and outside it, and many of them live in Germany especially.
These selections are an attempt to shed light on the Syrian poetic experience emerging in exile, which carries within it the diversity of poets’ styles, experiences, opinions and ages, and presents a picture of the reality of Syrian poetry abroad, without evaluating it, but rather as a witness to the changes occurring in poetry and parallel to the changes in the earth. Although the features of this experience have not yet crystallized, it demonstrates effective attempts to take Syrian poetry to other directions that will inevitably lead to new places in Syrian writing.
Existential thought in Ali Abu Al-Rish’s novels:
What is noticeable about these scientific and written productions is that they differ in terms of depth, depth, methods, and formulations. Among those great pioneers, Professor Ali Abu Al-Rish stands out, who paved his way steadily, creatively, since the first novel by Professor Abu Al-Rish, which was “The Confession” in 1982, which won among the 100 best Arab novels and ranked 33rd among them at the time. We must take into account that this victory was the first novel his mind wrote, and the first novel his mind came up with, so it comes within the appropriate choice. This is strong and clear evidence of creativity from its beginnings. I believe that Professor Ali, in many of his writings and narrations, draws from the treasures of heritage, accompanies the events of history, looks at the past with a positive outlook, addresses the issues of the present, and looks to the future with his thoughts. That is why you find all these spaces in his publications, many of which revolve around deep philosophical thought that enriched and influenced his intellectual production. Among the aesthetics of the image according to my friend, Professor Ali, is its impression of the local character at times, while highlighting the features of Arabism, the effects of morals, and the manifestations of customs and traditions within the general framework of socialization. Drawing from the stock of heritage is in itself a kind of nostalgia, or what is known as nostalgia, for the past of grandparents and parents, but in its positive, creative, renewed form.
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