Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Adunis
Born: January 1, 1930 (age 95)
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)