Lies Zahir al-Ghafri Chameleon includes tales about the

Chameleon includes tales about the vivid intensity of a child’s imagination

The Guardian

Letters from Cairo by Pauline Kaldas

Midnight and Other Poems is the first full-length poetry collection to be published in the UK by this remarkable Palestinian writer

even in its native country

Lies Zahir al-Ghafri Chameleon includes tales about theWhen does a poem tell the truth? When is it a lie? Intimate moments carefully re appraised (first dates, break ups, young parenthood, etc.) are the raw material of these vivid and wholly engaging poems, written in Irish, and translated here by the author a process that itself raises questions about poetry and truth. But the real achievement of N Ghrofas work is the way in which she keeps her personal history open to the wider world, to the imaginative