
The Face that You See, the Face that I See
Selected poems by Tammam Hunaidy, translated by Catherine Cobham, with photographs by Newsha Tavakolian
Tammam Hunaidy(Author)
Falschrum Books (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 1. December 2022
Book
Hardback
82 pages
978-3-910237-00-1 (ISBN)
Description
Tammam Hunaidy's poems are as comforting as they are unsettling. Mixing irony with brutal honesty, they restore a sense of order to a life touched by the pain of exile and death. Hunaidy, born in Syria, left his country soon after the beginning of the Syrian uprising - first to Beirut, then to Egypt, Sweden, and Turkey, where he currently lives with his wife and daughter.
Hunaidy's poetry is accompanied by 33 photographs by the Iranian artist and photojournalist, Newsha Tavakolian. While the exact location of her landscapes and still lifes remains uncertain, they were taken at a variety of places across Asia, Africa, and Europe that people have been forced to leave in recent years, or have passed through while escaping war, violence, repression, and poverty. Tavakolian's photos conjure an air of profound melancholy and, like Hunaidy's poems, offer brief glimpses of beauty in the everyday.
Hunaidy's poetry is accompanied by 33 photographs by the Iranian artist and photojournalist, Newsha Tavakolian. While the exact location of her landscapes and still lifes remains uncertain, they were taken at a variety of places across Asia, Africa, and Europe that people have been forced to leave in recent years, or have passed through while escaping war, violence, repression, and poverty. Tavakolian's photos conjure an air of profound melancholy and, like Hunaidy's poems, offer brief glimpses of beauty in the everyday.
Reviews / Votes
"This is such a beautifully collaborative book, in which the parts come together like a harmony, with the photographs setting the scene for the poetry."- Wendy Shaw, art historian
More details
Series
Language
Other
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Illustrations
Photographs by the Iranian artist and photojournalist, Newsha Tavakolian
Dimensions
Height: 26 cm
Width: 18.5 cm
Weight
422 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-910237-00-1 (9783910237001)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Author
Hunaidy, born in Syria, left his country soon after the beginning of the Syrian uprising - first to Beirut, then to Egypt, Sweden, and, finally, Turkey. He currently lives in Istanbul with his wife and daughter.
Foreword
Illustrated by
Fotografin
Born and raised in Tehran
Born and raised in Tehran
Translation
Content
Write, don't stop writing
About your voice that cursed the tyrant everywhere then begged him for mercy at the first slap
About the beggar you gave a coin to then insulted
About the bird you didn't feed but spoke of in a splendid gathering
Write about wine you've only tasted at your rich friends' houses
Write about what you want, about everything
And when you go back to a dark room
Don't write about light, and don't write about darkness either
Write about you
When you're in a dark room.
About your voice that cursed the tyrant everywhere then begged him for mercy at the first slap
About the beggar you gave a coin to then insulted
About the bird you didn't feed but spoke of in a splendid gathering
Write about wine you've only tasted at your rich friends' houses
Write about what you want, about everything
And when you go back to a dark room
Don't write about light, and don't write about darkness either
Write about you
When you're in a dark room.