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World Literature
World literature is sometimes used to refer to the sum total of the world's national literatures, but usually it refers to the circulation of works into the wider world beyond their country of origin. Often used in the past primarily for masterpieces of Western European literature, world literature today is increasingly seen in global context.
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(Sorrow in the Heart of an Apple)
I clean up my old sorrow
Wrapped it in a clean and scented piece of cloth
Buried it under an apple tree
in our apple orchard in the village.
Seasons passed…
It seemed to me that everything was over
When the harvest season came again.
I forgot that I had wanted to forget about my sorrow
I forgot where I had buried it, too.
I picked an attractive red apple
That looked glorious and delicious.
From the first bite,
I immediately recognized
The taste of that same age
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The Cats in the City
Location: an Arab city.
Time: the age of defeat. The twenty-first century.
General atmosphere: “fancy” neighborhoods.
Expensive houses painted in tombstone colors.
Beautiful and well-maintained gardens.
Flowers that no one dares to smell.
Imported cars.
Imported devices.
Imported clothes.
Imported foods.
Endless consumer shops for anything and everything.
Between every other restaurant,
there are shops selling cosmetics and souvenirs.
Between every other consum
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― أنا زهرة برية [I am a Wildflower]
― أنا زهرة برية [I am a Wildflower]
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