Book fair and poetry readings for a number of poets in Sheikh Badr

Tartous-Sana

The Syrian Book Fair, which is held by the Tartous branch of the Arab Writers Union, opened today at the headquarters of the Arab Socialist Baath Party Division in the city of Sheikh Badr, Tartous Governorate, and includes more than 1,500 titles in all fields.

The head of the Writers Union branch in Tartous, Munther Issa, said that the exhibition comes in accordance with the union's plan to spread culture, creativity and knowledge and transfer it from within the walls to a mass and civil situation in the Sheikh Badr area.

He pointed out that the exhibition is the fifth at the governorate level and the first in Sheikh Badr, pointing out that the books were offered at symbolic prices, and the price of any book before 2015 was set at 200 pounds and after 2015 with discounts of up to 50 percent of the value of the book.

The opening of the exhibition, which will continue until the 30th of next July, was accompanied by a group of poetic readings, in which a number of poets participated, in which the poetry of the activation and spoken with national and humanitarian themes, including Bassam Hammouda, Linda Ibrahim, Ahmed Mahmoud Hassan, Fatima Saleh and Waad Sobh.

The poet Bassam Hammouda delivered a set of excerpts from his poetic texts with a humanitarian, social and patriotic content. He presented two poems of vertical poetry and two pieces of Al-Tafilah poetry, in addition to a piece dedicated to Damascus entitled “Al-Sham is my love” and two pieces of spoken poetry in which he talked about the current situation and carried meanings that the poet picked from reality and represented human suffering.

Poet Fatima Saleh participated in patriotic and humanitarian poems from the poetry of Al-Tafilah entitled “How much is harassed” and “To a trembling child.” The two poems dealt with the homeland and the tormented childhood.

The poet Ahmed Hassan presented a number of poems of vertical poetry, varying between spinning and slandering, including “I fell by mistake,” “I long to miss me/,” “I do not believe in Satan,” and “I wish I had your farm.”

Linda Ibrahim’s participation came with a variety of poems from different stripes and types of artistic poems about homeland, mother and love, inspired by national, religious and legendary personalities.

Waad Sobh recited spoken and lyrical poems, including “That Encounter” and “Misery,” in which the poet conveyed feelings of love, longing and nostalgia.

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