The Good Old Man

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Good Old Man is a deeply moving debut poetry collection by Aladdin Mahmud Yaqub blending personal elegy spiritual reflection and rich symbolic imagery rooted in both Arab and universal human experience. Written in classical Arabic poetic form and steeped in the tradition of Symbolism the collection opens with a heartfelt tribute to the poet's father-a man of wisdom kindness and literary grace-and unfolds into lyrical meditations on exile memory faith loss and the haunting beauty of Baghdad.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>From the poignant narrative of Marjānah a destitute girl whose fleeting dream of abundance ends in stillness to the apocalyptic vision of Ice and Fire where divine judgment collides with human frailty Yaqub's verses navigate the liminal spaces between reality and metaphor earth and eternity. The volume also includes English translations and literary critiques of key poems by emerging scholars offering readers a rare window into the interpretive depth of contemporary Arabic symbolic poetry.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Written in the diaspora yet echoing the soul of Iraq The Good Old Man is a testament to the enduring power of language to mourn remember and transcend.</span></p><p></p><p></p>