In the occasion of the celebration of its 5th anniversary, the Silk Road Literature Series published “Mediterranean Waves” - the poetry anthology edited by Ashraf Aboul Yazid (Cairo, 2021)
“Mediterranean Waves” is a 500 pages poetic anthology edited by Egyptian writer and journalist Ashraf Aboul Yazid whose Silk Road Literature Series publishing edition celebrates its 5th anniversary this year.
The list includes the names of poet, novelist, and filmmaker Liana Badr (Palestine), poet and critic Fahredin Shehu (Kosovo), Maria Do Sameiro Barroso (Portugal), Cilenti Emanuele (Italy), Smaragdi Mitropoulou (Greece), Nemer Saady (Palestine), Moamen Samir (Egypt), Deema Mahmood (Egypt), Dr. Muhammad Helmy Al-Risha (Palestine), Rasha Ahmed (Egypt), Ana Stjelja (Serbia), Mumtaz Haramy (Syria), Jasna Šamić (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Pambos Kouzalis (Cyprus), Youssef Lazrak (Morocco), Nawar Al-Shater (Syria), Nina Alexi (Greece), and Dr. Nawal Alhwar (Syria), Ljiljana Jarić (Serbia), Rafaa Abu Jabal (Syria), Anita Pizzic (Serbia), Katarina Sarić (Montenegro), Mahmoud Suleiman (Egypt), Mohammed El Hedeiny(Egypt), and Mohamed Ghazi Al-Najjar (Egypt) Linda Ibrahim (Syria), Marija Najthefer Popov (Serbia), Rouba El-Youssef (Lebanon), Marko Stanojević (Serbia), Moaen Shalabia (Palestine), Antonis Filippeos (Greece), Bilal Al-Masry (Lebanon), Munira Mesbah (Lebanon), Nina Lys Affane (Algeria), Tarek Ammar (Egypt), Safaa Al- Bialy (Egypt), Rifaa’ Abu-Jabal (Syria), Anita Pešić (Serbia), Dr. Nina Abdul Razzaq (Palestine), Jasmina Hanjalić (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Nikola Šimić Tonin (Croatia), Goran Radičević (Montenegro), Jelena Ljubenović (Serbia), Mohamed Gassara (Tunisia), Türkan Ergör (Turkey), Metin Fındıkçı (Turkey) ), and the editor of anthology , Ashraf Aboul-Yazid (Egypt).
The Artist Abdel Wahab Abdel Mohsen Foundation gifted the anthology amazing photos of artistic works with boats painted by artists who participated in the most important international cultural event for plastic art related to the cultural development of society; the Burullus International Forum for Painting on Walls and Boats, as the editor of the series chose to decorate the poetic works with pictures of boats presented.
Artists are Ahmed Hilal, Al-Hussaini Ali, Rami Rabee, Zakaria Al-Qadi, Samir Abdul-Azim, Samir Abdel-Fadil, Alaa Abu Al-Hamd, Ali Hassan, Omar Al-Fayoumi, Muhammad Abla, Mustafa Issa Ahmed, Walid Qanoush, Yassin Harraz, Evelyn Asham Allah, Jihan Suleiman, Jehan Fayez, Sally Al-Zaini, Aqeelah Riyadh, Mervat Shazly, Mona Gharib, Iman Ezzat, Muhammad Abu Al-Wafa, Kamal Abu Halawa (Jordan), and Huma Khan (India).
Boats painted of the three artists, Abd El Wahab Abdel Mohsen, Yassin Harraz and Aqila Riyadh illustrated the cover of the Anthology, which was published in more than 500 pages, and will be available for free reading and browsing. Print copies will be available on demand in Cairo. Editor Ashraf Aboul-Yazid said there will be more surprises to celebrate the fifth anniversary of launching the Silk Road Literature Series in 2016.
The Anthology can be read HERE
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