From Sydney to Sidon 1985-1995

by Bilal Dabaja

The thirty poems of this collection reveal the fluctuations of the author's soul and mind in a decade of his life which witnessed sweet and bitter moments. The poems were written to reveal and reflect an emotion or belief, but in the end they probably reveal his own ignorance more than anything else. In the end, life is but "a tale told by an idiot" as Shakespeare says, and the author, like most men, can claim to know only "nothing" with any great confidence. However, one truth remains dominant and it is that believing in what can not be seen is the biggest motivation for giving one's life some significance. Fro the author, that unseen face is, and always will be, Allah the Almighty.

81 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995