A literary work in the form of modern poetic texts and prose that takes the reader on a journey of self-exploration and diving into the depths of human feelings, values, principles, and meanings. The first station of the journey will be with the psychological struggle to be liberated from the shackles of fears and obstacles, followed by the station of contemplation and contemplation of all the lessons of the school of life, followed by the station of revealing feelings of love and joy, and then humanity and loyalty to the homeland, and then passing by the station of singing coffee and everything that enchants the mood, and travel and wandering. , longing, vague feelings, love for one’s family, and lamentation for the departed, ending with the station of monologue and holding onto the rope of God.
In her collection “The Lover of Nothing,” which is a renewed edition of her collection “My Heart is Half a Shining Moon,” Latifa Al-Hajj travels the reader once again to the places she visited in Turkey, the country that fascinated her from the first visit and in which she experienced different feelings. She writes to us from the air about a close meeting and an awaited dream, and in front of a running waterfall, she describes the joy of nature around her, and the joy that overwhelms her in its depths.
She describes sleep escaping from her eyes in the evening, and the sun yawning on the bed of the sky in the morning, about love and the moon, near which a blue butterfly resided, and in her easy, delicate language, she describes to us her longing, longing, and waiting for love and the beloved.
From the group's texts:
My heart is a bright half-moon / Poetry writes itself in my heart / Dervishes are not looking for relaxation / Your last selfie / Take me back to the child / To you I will fly / What joy / Greetings from the waterfall / Dark dreams / Far away as a star / Everything is beautiful, everything is happy / The soft criminal He sings in Yalova
Are there really people who lived more than one life?! .. How and when did this happen?! .
At a time when violence and destruction overwhelm most parts of this planet, and news of murder and disasters tops every news bulletin... and brutal capitalism preoccupies the souls and minds of people, chasing after their own interests, and the number of the world’s wealthy people who have reached an unprecedented level in collecting money is increasing. In the midst of all this materialism and excessive selfishness, there are shining lights of humanity that go in the completely opposite direction. They are a different category of people, people who have dedicated themselves to giving, goodness, and charity, providing great services to humanity at the expense of their time and their own interests. People who still live among us after they were destined to live in the lives of those who came after them. People who were immortalized in history because they were high models of sincere giving to their communities and nations. They provided this universe with great services, values, and deeds that engraved their names on the corners of this planet that would not have lived, progressed, or arrived. It would not have been possible today if it were not for the gifts and services of the great prophets, messengers, scholars, and reformers, and even some simple people whose names have fallen from the pages of history, but they never fell from the comfort that settled their souls, the happiness that filled their souls, and the other lives they lived among those who came after them and benefited from their giving.
Yes... it is giving... that great human value that immortalized everyone who was attached to it and devoted to it... and gave to everyone who gave it.
All we hope for from this book is that it will be a source of inspiration for you to give in any form, at any size, and at any time, to join the club of great giving people. We also hope that the book in itself will be a simple gift from the author. It contributes to enhancing this great human value in our Arab societies, and is a very small step towards developing and improving life, and reconstructing this planet that the Great Creator has appointed us as successors in, and commanded us to strive to reconstruct.
