Mahmoud Sersawi and English translation of his poetic collection " Haffat al shaghaf"

Recently, Yurya House in Athens has published an English version of a poetry collection by the Palestinian- Syrian poet Mahmoud Al Sersawi, who lives in Cyprus. This collection has been chosen and translated into English by the critic Kefah Jahjah, and it contains poems selected from his book “ Haffat al shaghaf”.
The collection is presented by the British professor of acoustics at the University of Wales George Rodosthenous, who said: "Mahmoud Al-Sersawi's poetry is full of sounds and colors (sadness, color of drought, color of lover) in a sensual experience that mixes the sounds of violins with clouds and the sea. He has a political tone that mixes the shadow of war with the desire of every human being to sleep quietly and peacefully”.
The British critic points out that the Sersawi writings involve pain, pain of deep loss and insistence on changing the current situation, so that his actions become a strategy to improve the self-vision of life with a new light.
"Sarsawi writes about sins, fear and purity in an impressive personal way, and he paints silence and loneliness strongly, linking depression with the sunset, and then giving them a voice that is the voice of rebellion, endurance and flexibility at the same time," concludes Rodosthenous.
Al Sarsawi’s book includes twelve poems from the collection “ Haffat Al Shaghaf”. In addition to some poems which are written by the poet during his staying in Cyprus, saying that "there is no old nor new in poetry, and poetry that is aesthetically different is constantly alive," he declared to one of the website. For the reason of translating this book into English in spite of his staying in Cyprus, the poet says: a Greek translation will be issue soon. And another book will be also published in Arabic, entitled " Sirat Aoshb Yastaikez” by the General Federation of Palestinian Writers.
Mahmoud Sarsawi, is a member of the Palestinian Writers and Journalists Union since 1985. His poetry books: Tanahdat Al Jafaf/ Bakaya Al Rouh/ Haffat Al Shaghaf, and he has a critical study entitled: “ Sound and Silence in the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish. His first poetic collection was in 1983. He has won The Shield of the Palestinian Writers and Journalists Union in 2010 of all his creativity and cultural activities. He has been working in the press since 1988.He established the first Arab-European Creative Forum in Cyprus.