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Author(s): Assaidi, Yass,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 15/08/2025,
Pagination: 154 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Dar Arab,
Published By: Dar Arab,
Book Classification: Poetry,
Dimensions: 198 x 129
ISBN13/EAN/SKU: 9781788711043

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Premonition News Flash by Yass Assaidi is a powerful poetry collection exploring oppression, violence, love, and existential turmoil with vivid imagery and emotional depth. In a lyrical yet raw voice, Assaidi delves into the dynamics of victims and oppressors, personal and political betrayal, and haunting premonitions. Divided into three sections—on killers and the killed, a lover’s anguish, and an orphaned father's sorrow—the poems blur personal grief with collective struggle. Winner of the 2024 Bait Al-Ghasham DarArab International Translation Prize (Authors' Category), the work, translated by Mbarek Sryfi, captures the raw edge of contemporary Arab identity.