About the Author
Adel Bishtawi is a British, Maltese and Palestinian national. A career journalist, editor, co-founder of two newspapers and the Syrian Writers Association, he published more than 20 books in Arabic and English including:
Stone Age Origins of Speech
Natural Foundations of Arab Culture
Origin of the Arabic Numerals
Martyrdom of the Andalusian Nation
The Andalusian Moriscos
History of Injustice in the Arab World
Manifest Destiny of Imperial Decline
Time of Death and Roses (A novel)
Traces of a Tattoo (A novel)
Gardens of Despair (A novel)
Don’t Kill the Canary (Short stories)
The Lover (Short stories)
The Colour of Perfume (A novella and short stories)
Only When Desire Screams (Poetry Co-authored by Selvi Sado)
I am Selvi Sado, co-author of this new poetry book, and I agree that love is difficult to define; different for everybody in the way it is felt and experienced; how and why you love someone, and how love is received back. What is not in doubt is the powerful influence of love as the greatest emotion for all of us that needs no definition.
We need attention; we need to be loved and feel whole and blessed. Love does all that. For me, love is to be wanted, to be the muse of a great, creative mind, to be the heroine of great films, the lead character in a writer’s novel or someone’s life; to communicate, to share smiles, to wake up in someone’s warm arms, to argue, to cry, to remain adored and still be there even after a million mistakes made and a ton of insecurities created. Love is to be home and wholesome.
About the Author
Adel Bishtawi is a British, Maltese and Palestinian national. A career journalist, editor, co-founder of two newspapers and the Syrian Writers Association, he published more than 20 books in Arabic and English including:
Stone Age Origins of Speech
Natural Foundations of Arab Culture
Origin of the Arabic Numerals
Martyrdom of the Andalusian Nation
The Andalusian Moriscos
History of Injustice in the Arab World
Manifest Destiny of Imperial Decline
Time of Death and Roses (A novel)
Traces of a Tattoo (A novel)
Gardens of Despair (A novel)
Don’t Kill the Canary (Short stories)
The Lover (Short stories)
The Colour of Perfume (A novella and short stories)
Only When Desire Screams (Poetry Co-authored by Selvi Sado)
I am Selvi Sado, co-author of this new poetry book, and I agree that love is difficult to define; different for everybody in the way it is felt and experienced; how and why you love someone, and how love is received back. What is not in doubt is the powerful influence of love as the greatest emotion for all of us that needs no definition.
We need attention; we need to be loved and feel whole and blessed. Love does all that. For me, love is to be wanted, to be the muse of a great, creative mind, to be the heroine of great films, the lead character in a writer’s novel or someone’s life; to communicate, to share smiles, to wake up in someone’s warm arms, to argue, to cry, to remain adored and still be there even after a million mistakes made and a ton of insecurities created. Love is to be home and wholesome.