Afrasianet - Dr. Zakaria Shahin - A Bridge to the Sorrows of Water
We crossed Beirut the bridge to the sorrows of the water
And the time was right... it was coming to us... And the juggernaut surrounds us...and strips us of the last barricade... The last bomb… The last of Beirut ...!!
"A Bridge for the Sorrows of Water" is a poetic collection by Dr. Zakaria Shahin, published in 2009 by Tanit Publishing House in Tunisia. The book consists of only 43 pages.
About the collection:
• Genre: Modern Arabic poetry
• Language: Arabic
• Tone: The collection carries a deeply emotional and reflective tone. The title evokes water as a symbol of sorrow, fluidity, and memory, while the "bridge" suggests a passage or an attempt to overcome pain.
• Themes: Exile, loss, homeland, longing, and possibly meditations on self and existence—recurring motifs in Dr. Zakaria Shahin’s other works.
Due to its brevity, the collection resembles a long poem or a series of interconnected poetic texts, written in a richly symbolic language.
