It's an honor to reach a new audience -- in this case, Egyptian academia -- especially, as a poet living far away from home, in the USA.
The focus of this in-depth paper is the use of metaphor in my work and my identity politics, an Egyptian artist transplanted to American soil. I admit that there is much, from a technical perspective (read theory) that I don't understand in this study but, on a deeper, more personal level, I feel seen. I'm, especially, grateful for the professor's close reading of my poetry and what is in between the lines.
Here's a sample of the thrust of this thesis:
The poems analyzed in this study are an embodiment of the overwhelming presence of ontological, experiential, emotional metaphorical formulations which are at once culture-specific and universally valid. These undoubtedly reflect the creative imagination of the immigrant with a double identity; Arab and American, who supplants himself from Egyptian soil and puts down roots in a new, cultural milieu.
The often astonishing source domains of his metaphors seem to surpass the established patterns of habitual conceptual metaphors. Lababidi achieves this with an Egyptian touch of black comedy.
It's gratifying when a professional reader plunges, deeply, into a poet's heart and, illuminates the artist's mission, background and longing with sensitivity and perception. Below, is a further peek inside this paper for lovers of poetry and culture. If you might care to read more, please, feel free to reach out and let me know.
Thank you, for your attention and I wish you appreciation and success in your own fields of interest. 🙏
Congratulations! What an honor!
Many thanks, for your encouragement 🙏🏽
Wishing you success, professionally/personally ✨
Hell yeah! That’s certainly something to be very proud of!
Greetings from Colombia, @jeffjagoe, and thanks, for your encouragement! Hope life is treating you kindly, new friend :)