Thu, 10 December 2015
‘The Golden Scarab Necklace’ by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, translated by Sarah Maguire and Atef Alshaer & Rashid El Sheik
This week's poem 'A Monkey Following a Monkey' is by Al Saddiq Al Raddi from Sudan. The poem is read first in English translation by Sarah Maguire and then in Arabic by Saddiq himself. This poem is from a new book of poems by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi inspired by the Petrie Museum’s collection of material from Meroë in Sudan. If you enjoy this recording and would like to find out more about Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi and all the other poets we’ve translated, please visit our website. |