April 26 'Arabology' Podcast Ft. Poetry Readings by Lizzie Harmon and Andrew Clauson


Pictured (top row to bottom): Marwa Farag, Lizzie Harmon, Andrew Clauson, DJ Ramzi, Ahmad Qousi
To download/listen to this show, go to 
https://soundcloud.com/arabology/arabology-s2-episode-3 

The April 26 Podcast of Arabology (Season 2 Episode 3) features my interviews with Stanford students Lizzie Harmon--who recites and translates a poem by Nizar Qabbani--and Andrew Clauson who talks about his reads and discusses a poem by Ahmad Shawqi (see below for more details about these poems).

Show also features a live interview with Egyptian Standord student Marwa Farag, (Features Editor for "The Stanford Daily" and Co-President of the Arab Student Association at Stanford) who discusses her views on the Egyptian revolt and her identity as an Egyptian student at Stanford.

Show also includes a ticket giveaway to a concert by Aswat and songs by Mashrou' Leila, Darine Hamze, Emel Mathlouthi, Souad Massi, Fairuz, DAM, Jadal, YAS, Miryam Saleh (ft Zeid Hamdan), Trio Joubran, Omar Offendum, Aswat, and Adonis.



To Download/listen to this episode, go to
https://soundcloud.com/arabology/arabology-s2-episode-3


During this episode, Stanford student Elizabeth (Lizzie) Harmon recited a poem by Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani titled "الحاكم والعصفور" [The Ruler and the Sparrow] and then read her own translation of the work. Below the pictures is the poem in Arabic; to hear Lizzie's translation, you will have to hear the episode at THIS LINK.

Lizzie Harmon and DJ Ramzi Salti






Here is the poem by Nizar Qabbani that Lizzie read on the show:

الحاكم والعصفور

نزار قباني
__________

أتجوَّلُ في الوطنِ العربيِّ

لأقرأَ شعري للجمهورْ

فأنا مقتنعٌ

أنَّ الشعرَ رغيفٌ يُخبزُ للجمهورْ

وأنا مقتنعٌ – منذُ بدأتُ –

بأنَّ الأحرفَ أسماكٌ

وبأنَّ الماءَ هوَ الجمهورْ

أتجوَّلُ في الوطنِ العربيِّ

وليسَ معي إلا دفترْ

يُرسلني المخفرُ للمخفرْ

يرميني العسكرُ للعسكرْ

وأنا لا أحملُ في جيبي إلا عصفورْ

لكنَّ الضابطَ يوقفني

ويريدُ جوازاً للعصفورْ

تحتاجُ الكلمةُ في وطني

لجوازِ مرورْ

أبقى ملحوشاً ساعاتٍ

منتظراً فرمانَ المأمورْ

أتأمّلُ في أكياسِ الرملِ

ودمعي في عينيَّ بحورْ

وأمامي كانتْ لافتةٌ

تتحدّثُ عن وطنٍ واحدْ

تتحدّثُ عن شعبٍ واحدْ

وأنا كالجُرذِ هنا قاعدْ

أتقيأُ أحزاني..

وأدوسُ جميعَ شعاراتِ الطبشورْ

وأظلُّ على بابِ بلادي

مرميّاً..

كالقدحِ المكسورْ


This episode also includes my interview with Stanford student Andrew Clauson who spoke about his Arabic studies and his stay in Syria and Jordan.  Andrew also read and discussed a poem by Ahmad Shawqi titled الديك والثعلب [The Roooster and teh Fox] which I am including below these pictures:

DJ Ramzi (left) interviewing Andrew Clauson

Andrew Clauson reciting Ahmad Shawqi



Here is the poem by Ahmad Shawaqi that Andrew recited on the show.  To hear Andrew's recitation, listen to the episode at  THIS LINK:


قصة الثعلب و الديك
احمد شوقي

بـَرَزَ الثعـــْـــلَبُ يوماً *** في شـِعـــار الواعـِظيـنا
فـَمـَشى في الأرضِ يـَهــْـدي *** ويـَســُـبُّ المـاكرينا
ويقول: الحـــَــــمـْد لله *** إلـــَـــه العالــــَــمينا
يا عـــِـــباد الله توبوا *** فـَهو كـَهـْف ُ التــائبينا
وازهـَدوا في الطـَيـْر إن الـ *** عـَيـْش عـَيـْشُ الزاهـِدينا
واطـْلـُبوا الديـــك يؤذن *** لصـَـلاة الصـُـبـْح فينا
فأتَى الديك َ رَســــُــولٌ *** مـِن إمــام الناســــكينا
عـَرَضَ الأمرَ عـَلـَيـْـهِ *** وهو يـَرجـــو أن يـَلينا
فأجـــــاب الديـكُ عـُذْراً *** يا أضــَـل المهـْتـَدينا
بـَلـِّـغ الثـَعـْلـَبَ عـَنـي *** عـَنْ جـُدودي الصالحـــينا
عن ذَوي التـِيجان مـِمـَّن *** دَخــَــلَ البـَطـْنَ اللعينا
إنهم قـــالوا وخـَيـْرُ الـ *** قـَوْلِ قـَـوْلُ العـــارفينا
" مـُخـْطـِئ ٌمـَنْ ظـَنّ يـَومـاً *** أنَ لِلثـَعـْـلَبِ ديـــنا "


This episode also included my live interview with Marwa Farag who is the Features Editor for "The Stanford Daily" and Co-President of the Arab Student Association at Stanford.  Marwa discussed her views on the Egyptian revolt and her identity as an Egyptian student at Stanford.  Here are some pictures from Marwa's segment.  To hear the show go to  THIS LINK:

Marwa Farag at KZSU Stanford 90.1 FM

Marwa Farag with DJ Ramzi Salti



To Download/listen to this episode, go to:
https://soundcloud.com/arabology/arabology-s2-episode-3





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