In this book, the poet Adel Khuzam resorts to the style of fragments and short sentences to create for us
A collection of poetic ideas and philosophical visions about love and life. The book consists of a very large group of passages, the texts of which capture the poet’s vision of many topics in passion, love, wisdom, and man’s question about existence and time. The book's style relies on simplification at times to approximate the deep ideas it wants to express. In this book, philosophical and poetic meanings are mixed, the symbolic meaning is juxtaposed with the direct meaning, and sometimes rhyme intervenes to create a certain rhythm for the idea. The book is a rare combination of multiple expressive styles, prose and rhythm, that serve the aesthetics of creating meaning in a different and new way.
Since her childhood, Yusra Mardini’s dream was to become a professional swimmer and represent Syria in Olympic sports tournaments, but the intensification of the battles in Damascus in 2015 reduced her dream to just survival. Like tens of thousands of Syrians dreaming of living in peace, Yusra set off with her sister Sarah, and some of their relatives, on the terrible asylum journey to Europe, carrying with them their dreams of a safe life and resuming professional swimming, but in the middle of the trip between Turkey and Greece, the rubber boat’s engine stopped working. Work, and the boat loaded with passengers began to sink, and despite their many attempts to call for help, no one responded to them. Seventeen-year-old Yusra, her sister, and some other passengers jumped off the boat. To lose weight, they swam with it until they reached Greece, after which the sisters continued their dangerous journey overland to Germany. From swimming to save her life and the lives of her friends, to swimming with a dream of an Olympic medal, Yusra tells her extraordinary story from a refugee fleeing a war-torn country to an Olympian in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. ***** Yousra, we could not be more proud of you for your courage, your ability to resist difficulties, and for the wonderful example you set for children everywhere. Former US President Barack Obama
