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The Moon That Excels in Nothing But Waiting

by Basim Furat

edited by Mark Pirie

    Translated from the Arabic by Muhiddein Assaf, Najah Al-Jubaily, Abbas El Sheikh and Jawad Wadi

 The Moon That Excels in Nothing But Waiting is Basim Furat's second collection of poetry translated into English. Furat was born in 1967 in Karbalaa, Iraq. In early 1993 he left Iraq and became a refugee in Jordan. Four years later he arrived in New Zealand. His poetry has been translated into several languages, and his first collection of poetry translated into English, Here and There, appeared in 2004. He is a member of the Union of Arab Writers and is the New Zealand co-ordinator for Joussour, an Australasian Arabic/English magazine.

TITLE               The Moon Excels in Nothing But Waiting
AUTHOR         Basim Furat
PUBLISHED    2006
CATEGORY    Poetry
FORMAT         Mini booklet, No.1 in the ESAW Mini series
EXTENT           A6, 24 pages
ISBN                1-86942-062-4
PRICE               $5.00

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