Whispers of the River

“He who walks ahead preserves his companion— he who knows the road preserves his companion.” — Epic of Gilgamesh My friends— who departed into the…

Elegy of the Black Earth (A Prophecy from Sumer to the Age of Oil) By Amal Al-Jubouri I — Tablets of Clay In the beginning…

Poetry by Amal Al-Jubouri, recited by the broadcaster Layla Al-Shaikhly My children, my lanterns, are asleep— here, beneath this earth. Not nine names etched upon…