It is not the cancer that leaves a scar beneath the breast. When the door is knocked, you jump out of bed like someone escaping their lover’s bed. It is abandonment. Aref Hamza, a Syrian poet born in 1974. His works include: – An Open Life for Hunting (Poetry) Syrian Ministry of Culture, 2000. – I Was Too Young for Abandonment (Poetry) Merit Publishing – Cairo, 2003. – Amputated Foot (Poetry) Mohammad Al-Maghout Poetry Award, Syrian Ministry of Culture, 2006. – Needy Deceit (Poetry) Syrian Ministry of Culture, 2007. – The Canary That Died Two Days Ago (Poetry) Arab Renaissance Publishing – Beirut, 2009.

Publishing house: Dar Al-Farabi Publishing & Distribution

Number of Pages: 120

Year of publication: 2012