I Read A Poem Every Night, As

For Me, Poetry Is A Situation - A State Of Being, A Way Of Facing Life And Facing History.

I Do Not Use The Language Of My People. I Can Take Liberties With Certain Themes Which The Arabic Language Would Not Allow Me To Take.

At 21, I Discovered Repression And Injustice. The Army Would Shoot Students With Real Bullets.

Poetry Is A Form Of Mathematics, A Highly Rigorous Relationship With Words.

I'd Thought Sexuality Was Instinctive Or Natural, But It's Profoundly Linked To Inner Security And Cultural Context.