The poetess Hanane Aad was born in Lebanon in 1965. She studied journalism and communication at the University in Beirut and Paris.
She began her career as a writer and presenter of political information on Free Lebanon Radio. Between 1996-1998 she worked as writer and presenter of political information for Voice of Lebanon Radio.
Between 1995 and 2005 Aad worked as a journalist and literary critic for the Lebanese daily newspaper Al-Nahar, where she carried out a famous series of interviews with French-speaking personalities.
The hand of the clock
is a second Nero
ordering the kingdom to be burnt.
The legions are defeated,
...
I place a necklace of poetry
around the neck of the moment,
and flee the limitations of time.
...
My eyes a den of amazement,
my smile the sceptre of hone
I myself a violin suspended
between the quivering soul
...
I am the Eternally Anxious One
Who will buy me certainty?
Where can I obtain the serenity of silence?
Who will build me kingdoms of quiet?
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