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Was born into a Coptic family in Sohag, Egypt, some 500 km south of Cairo. He studied to go into business, but found his career in art criticism. He now works as a drama critic for the Radio and Television magazine in Cairo and a co-editor of the Aswaat adabiyya (Literary Voices) series.
In 1996 he published his first collection of poems, Fallen under my Soles. Subsequent collections were A Good Person in Conversation with Himself, Cairo, 1998 and The Importance of a Dog in a Play, Cairo, 2000. |
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The cloud laughed with the window
then it fell,
removed its clothes:
Look,
they broke in folds upon the bed.
The bed looked after their sleep,
as the sound of clothes came from the
wardrobe.
The walls transmit to the neighbors
the latest details
and the ceiling invites the sky to
a family gathering.
Hurry:
there’s a big laugh escaping from the wall
we must catch it or else
the whole world will burst of laughter.
Translation: Somaya Ramadan
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