http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-iraqivoices/article_1371.jsp Comments for "Singing Iraq: poetry by Fadhil Assultani, Fadhil Assultani " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-iraqivoices/article_1371.jsp A few weeks after the war in Iraq, three Iraqi poets read to an audience at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. Uncertainty and excitement mingled, as the writers spoke of a time that seemed to be both receding and emerging into view. New freedom was ahead, bringing unheard stories and fresh voices. Identities were shifting just as attention fell upon them. Fadhil Assultani was one of the poets present. These translations of his poems come from Iraqi Poetry Today, the Spring 2003 issue of Modern Poetry in Translation. Poetry by Salah Niazi and Hashem Shafiq will follow soon on openDemocracy, along with the discussion from that evening, which ranged over many of the political, personal and artistic questions these exiled Iraqi writers now face.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-iraqivoices/article_1371.jsp" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-iraqivoices/article_1371.jsp">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-iraqivoices/article_1371.jsp#comment middle east conflicts arts &amp; cultures Fadhil Assultani iraqi voices literature Original Copyright Mon, 21 Jul 2003 00:00:00 +0100 1371 at http://www.opendemocracy.net