[between two worlds]
THE SON OF AN ACCLAIMED SYRIAN ACTIVIST FINDING HIS OWN LEGACY L A H A B
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Lahab Assef Al-Jundi was born and raised in Damascus, Syria. After immigrating to the United States, he earned a degree in Electrical Engineering and discovered his passion for writing poetry. He published his first collection, A Long Way, in 1985. The son of acclaimed Syrian poet Ali AlJundi, the younger Al-Jundi writes poetry, mainly in English, that transcends ethnic themes to address issues of universal significance. Both political and personal, his richly evocative poems reveal a refined consciousness, a keen perceptiveness, and a serious engagement with humane concerns. His poetry has appeared in numerous
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literary publications and many anthologies including: In These Latitudes, Ten Contemporary Poets, edited by Robert Bonazzi, Inclined to Speak, An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Poetry, edited by Hayan Charara, and Between Heaven and Texas, edited by Naomi Shihab Nye. His poems were selected in 2009 and 2010 by The Poetry Society of America for display on Dallas’ DART trains (Poetry In Motion Program) and on San Antonio’s VIA Transit system buses (Poetry On The move program). His latest poetry collection No Faith At All was published in 2014.
