‘A creator always has to be with what’s revolutionary, but he should never be like the revolutionaries. He can’t speak the same language or work in the same political environment’. Interview by Maya ...

GOTHENBURG, Sweden (AFP) — Noted Syrian poet Adonis, whose name surfaces regularly as a top contender for the Nobel literature prize, says religious fanaticism is “destroying the heart of the Arab ...

This week we've picked a poem by the man known as the greatest living poet of the Arab world - Ali Ahmad Said Asbar, better known by his pen name Adonis. Born in 1930, the Syrian adopted his pseudonym ...

SHANGHAI, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- A cruise ship carrying poets from various countries was sailing on the Huangpu River on Tuesday night when the first Golden Magnolia Award of the Shanghai International ...

As a school student Ali Ahmad -- no, Adonis -- joins the Syrian National Socialist Party: Not to be confused with Hitler’s party; it is a secular democratic party and is targeted by the repressive ...

The Syrian poet, critic and artist Adonis has been described as the greatest living Arab poet. He was the first Arab to win the German Goethe Prize last year at the age of 81, whose judges described ...

Syrian poet Adonis won (missed out on) this year's Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday. Adonis, whose name has long been discussed as a potential Nobel Laureate, was considered a favorite for the prize ...

The Syrian poet Adonis has become the first Arab writer to win Germany's prestigious Goethe prize. The 81-year-old poet, a perennial favourite to win the Nobel prize for literature, was presented with ...

Noted Syrian poet Adonis, whose name surfaces regularly as a top contender for the Nobel literature prize, says religious fanaticism is "destroying the heart of the Arab world", but sees salvation in ...