The three Iraqi poets whose work is featured in openDemocracy Fadhil Assultani, Salah Niazi, and Hashem Shafiq all spoke at an event at London s Institute of Contemporary Arts in May 2003. Read here ...

Question from the audience: Do you think the character of your writing is going to change now, when you write about Iraq? Salah Niazi: To answer this question is difficult and cannot be summarised in ...

SPENCERTOWN -- The poetry of modern western culture may well have had its start in the Middle East, according to University at Albany professor and widely published poet and translator Pierre Joris.