Sabah Michael Yacoub

Flashes of the Present Pain

(Poetry Quartets in English & Arabic)

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Human grievances are multiple and complex, yet it is better to live oppressed than unjust. The physical and psychological wounds may continue with the continuation of those grievances, but there is still a glimmer of hope that frames the present pain gradually. The image then turns to look like a ray from the sun enveloping the oppressed with warmth and light in the hope that the page of injustice will be folded forever and be part of the painful past. With the burden of injustice, the oppressed shall speak to Virgin Mary Mother of Jesus, crying out, "Where are you?" From the severity of suffering, they will search for another savior to complain to. And with the continuation of injustice, they will shout eagerly, "Who do I call?" When the oppressed sees the disintegration and decaying of the wounded motherland, they will ask, "Who is to blame?" Nevertheless, they will pray and call for the secular system as a way of salvation. From the depth of desperation and the extent of despair, they will beg and say, Leave me be. Despite the needs, the suffering, the appeals, the questioning, the wishes and dreams, they will be puzzled by the obscure fate and wonder where to go. This modest book tells in the first seven quartets the story of the present pain that envelops the body of those suffering from the pitfalls of life and the injustice of others. It is concluded by the last quartet that strengthens my faith in the Almighty Creator who saved me from repeated heart attacks and kept me breathing between my friends and my beloved.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Westbow Press
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 360g
• ISBN-13: 9781973673583
• ISBN-10: 1973673584
• Artikelnr.: 57758255

Autorenporträt

Sabah Michael Yacoub was born in Iraq from a Chaldean family descended from the native inhabitants who entered Christianity in the era of St.Thomas the Apostle, one of the Twelve disciples of Jesus Christ. He graduated from Baghdad Medical School and received a higher degree from the United Kingdom. He spent years of his life practicing his specialty of internal medicine and cardiology. He moved from Baghdad to the United Kingdom after the Allied invasion of Iraq. Then migrated to North America traveling between Canada and United States . Despite his scientific background, he has a deep inclination to knowledge culture in general and to poetry in particular. He started poetry writing during high school, but left his beautiful hobby to return back to it recently. Sabah was inspired by the tragic circumstances that have afflicted his motherland and by the injustice, displacement, and abuse of Christians , Sabians and Yazidis minorities , as expressed in the two poetry quartets tagged "Tragedy - How Often How Much?" that is in your hands now, and "Flashes Of The Present Pain". currently in print Additionally, Sabah is a writer who writes on various topics in his mother tongue in ankawa.com website, alqosh.net website, and some magazines and newspapers produced in the Diaspora. His main interests are watching sports , especially soccer, and participating in various cultural and educational activities. He also loves collecting used books, especially religious and historical ones. Married with two daughters and one son. His wisdom in life "It does not matter who you are, but to be elite in what you are . It is a blessing gifted by God to anyone who grows a charming flower from a bud planted in a field not of his specialty. That is him, Sabah . [e-mail] .