Gad Ben-Meir on poetry and friendship

Gad Ben-Meir was born in Baghdad in 1931. He has published two collections of poetry in classical Arabic, Nightingales of Intimacy (2004) and Dialogue of the Hearts (2008), and one collection in the Egyptian dialect, Ya Manal Ya Manali (2004). After more than fifty years of living in England and Australia, his first collection of poetry in English, Siren of the Heart (2020), celebrates his appreciation and insight into love and friendship and their repercussions.Siren of the Heart (Westphalia Press, 2020) is available here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Siren-Heart-Gad-Ben-Meir-ebook/dp/B0856WWRML/r...(link is external) Producer & Presenter: Tina Giannoukos