Let Me Rejoice

About this book

In the darkness of exiles.. a cry refusing to break. Between the alleys of 'her ancient city' and the pains of a bewildered homeland gathering the fragments of its values, the letters of Dr. Amal Ragab Al-Manaei rise like sparks of light resisting darkness. This book is not merely a poetry collection but an insightful journey into the being of a self polished by estrangement and refined by the burning philosophy of 'nostalgia.' The poet writes with the ink of steadfastness's pain, asking: 'Why does poetry possess me, I?'—to find the answer in the folds of a soul refusing to separate from its universal humanity. In 'Let Me Rejoice,' we find an echo of cries of freedom crossing borders, an emulation of the spirit of 'Domitilla' who once demanded the right to speak—but Amal goes further: she demands the right to 'joy' as a final act of resistance. Between one poem and another, the image manifests of the woman who 'confronted death with her hair,' and who carves values on mountains to gift them to coming generations. The words move between the warmth of memories with 'grandmother's specter' and the revolutionary.