Closely aligned to the theme of romantic love is that of desire, and across the centuries poets have written about the ...

Sweet and to the point, “Let Thine Eyes Whisper” is a love poem written by Syrian American writer and activist Ameen Rihani (1876–1940) in 1905. The narrator comforts a grieving loved one ...

Children at a school in Damascus which reopened last month following the toppling of Bashar al-Assad’s regime - Chris McGrath/Getty Images Europe Syria ... plans to remove poetry about women ...

The poet says that while censorship in a dictatorship is nothing new, the same in a democracy feels like entering a new totalitarianism ...

Show more During the conflict in Syria, it seems incredible that there are still writers expressing their experiences through poetry. News journalist Mike Embley meets and speaks to Syrian poets ...

Syria’s new leaders have been criticised after they announced plans to remove poetry about women and love from schools under a new “extremist” curriculum. Other controversial revisions include ...