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I Banged the Drums to Sing and War Broke Out

11
Mar 2019
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A Moroccan poet and writer, Al-Khassar was selected in 2010 by the Hay Festival and Beirut39 as one the foremost Arab writers under the age of 40. Al-Khassar regularly participates in Arab and international literary gatherings, and his works have been translated into several languages. He earned numerous accolades over his literary career, including the Buland Al-Haidari Prize at the International Asilah Forum in 2011, as well as three grants for writing residencies in the United States.

When his soul left his body and this world, he left a house for poetry, a place for his things, and walls where the poetry he loved would remain. The Bahraini poet Ibrahim Al Arrayed, and all those who (followed) him in his literary journey and translated works, were retained by the Sheikh Ebrahim bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Centre for Culture and Research in his city which he belonged, Manama. For it was the house of fame, as the first among the homes of cultural centers outside the city of Muharraq.

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