Confessions of Abu Nuwas

The story of Abu Nuwas and his literature remained a source of great debate and discussion, occupying the most important Arab writers and poets until today because of the poet's many riddles and questions related to his life and poetry at the same time. Kamal Al-Shanawi presents in this book a different literary journey, transcending times, places, and histories, with a humorous literary style that alternates between modernity and the employment of heritage. What if Abu Nuwas met a person living in the twentieth century? How would the questions between them be? And how would Abu Nuwas deal with the curiosity of a writer living in a different era? Many questions are posed by this book and answered by Abu Nuwas; they may seem ordinary questions but are questions that are not devoid of facts that can sometimes be shocking to a reader who is highly knowledgeable about the poet's intoxicants, yet he stands before a black curtain that envelops his life. Perhaps this book, which we are reintroducing to the reader, succeeded in lifting that curtain high, so many things dissipated and others were born.