Dr Suad Al-Sabah

KUWAIT: The poetry book "Dialogue of Roses and Guns" is a qualitative leap in Suad Al-Sabah's poetic experience and a clear declaration of her Arab principles and humanitarian approaches. After the publication of several editions since 1989, it was banned. Now after many years of absence, it comes out again in a new form with distinguished poetry and a similar idea. The new publication is the 22nd edition after around 30 years from its first edition.

"Dialogue of Roses and Guns" speaks about an important period of the poetic experience of Dr Suad that spans over 50 years. It also accounts for the reflections of the childhood years she spent in Az-Zubayr on her poems, her movements in life and her poetic growth following many experiences in the fields of writing and organizing many events around the world, besides being involved in many intellectual battles.

The book shows the affiliation of Arabism that was instilled in the poet's spirit since the start and reflected in several poems in the book. The book documents an exceptional transformation in her series of poetry books - almost 20 poetic collections. It represents an important stage in her poetic and intellectual experience that witnessed many changes.

The book includes seven poems of differing lengths that are close psychologically and intellectually. The book has 130 pages, and its cover has a drawing by the poet. It is published by Suad Al-Sabah Publishing House. Coinciding with the resumption of book exhibitions, Dr Suad Al-Sabah issued a new edition of her book "To You My Son" - it's 13th edition - after its first edition was published by Dar Al-Maarif in Cairo in 1982.

The poet dedicated this book to a bitter incident she went through as a mother and poet - the death of her first son Mubarak onboard an aircraft due to a severe asthmatic attack. The poet was able to shed the pain and sorrow of the mother that she lived due to the tragedy she experienced in 1973, which etched a deep scar in her soul that the years were not able to heal. So it is only natural for poems of this book to be shrouded with sadness over such a major loss.