Quote of the day
A woman who looks like a girl and thinks like a man is the best sort, the most enjoyable to be with and the most pleasurable to have and to hold.
Adunis
Born: January 1, 1930 (age 96)
Bio: Ali Ahmad Said Asbar, also known by the pseudonym Adonis or Adunis, is a Syrian poet and essayist who has made his career largely in Lebanon and France. He has written more than twenty books in his native Arabic.
Known for:
- An Introduction to Arab Poetics (1985)
- Sufism and Surrealism (2005)
- A Time Between Ashes And Roses (2004)
- The pages of day and night (1982)
- Mihyar of Damascus, his songs (2007)







