Sofia is a bold and hot-tempered child, unlike her grandmother, who takes care of her after her mother's death.
Every summer, you go on a new adventure together of a different kind: exploring parts of the island you live on, meeting new types of birds, swimming in the dangerous bay without Sofia’s father knowing, sleeping in a tent, building a miniature model of Venice, and writing a book about insects. .
Without addressing their true feelings, they spend their days in endless conversations and discussions about everything: the meaning of life and death, the nature of God and Satan, heaven and hell, and the concepts of love, family, friendship, and tolerance.
By creating an integrated world on a small, isolated island, Tova Jansson writes - in a magical style, and simple sentences loaded with profound concepts - a sweet novel about the friendship between a child who begins her journey in life, and her grandmother, who is approaching the end of this journey.
This collection includes a collection of sentimental poems that translate and embody reality, feelings, and events that I lived and were influenced by, so I recorded them in poetry. As for “The Secret of Love,” the name of the main poem of this collection, it is an emotional human experience that I was affected by and in which I shared with other people.. The Secret of Love is a title. It exudes rich connotations, as love remains the secret of hearts. Its sources are pure and pure humanity, and its meanings are higher than all calculations.
The secret of love is its emphasis on the human dimension of emotional relationships with great connotations. The collection tried to translate it with its poems through the images, ideas, and vocabulary it included.
If these poems are able to further build bridges of love or spread some of the sweetness of their meanings, then they have reached their destination and achieved success.
Before concluding my speech, I extend my heartfelt thanks to my honorable brother and friend, the poet Rashid Sharar, for his valuable introduction and review of the collection. And God is the Grantor of success.
Sharjah, November 17, 2013 AD
Faisal bin Sultan bin Salem Al Qasimi
A journey in aromas
The idea around which this book revolves is the necessity of integration between economic development and administrative reforms to achieve the goal of achieving the desired economic sustainability of the United Arab Emirates. One hand cannot clap and a building cannot be erected if one hand builds and the other holds a pickaxe and demolishes what the first hand built.
يأسى أحدنا على نفسه كثيراً، يَغْرقُ في انكساراته، يحزن على حاله، ثم ينتهي به المطاف برثاء حياته وهو ما يزال فيها. هَمٌّ عارِم يعصف بالبشرية، وعلى رغم المُلهيات، ووسائل الترفيه، وتنوع العلوم والمعارف وسهولة الوصول إليها، ما زالت النفوس مُنْكسرة، مُحْتقنة، لا تدري لماذا، وإلى متى