Enter Tears
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Enter Tears

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 24, 20262 min
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By Dalia Taha Tr. by Sara Elkamel Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Around it are piles of manuscripts by historians of war and conflict.

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For every book about a battle, there is a missing book about its tears.

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Hi, I'm Sohra El-Kamel and I'm recording from Cairo, Egypt. This is my translation of the poem Enter Tears by Dalia Tohr. At the book fair, the history of tears is the only book that mentions you. Around it are piles of manuscripts by historians of war and conflict.

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But somewhere there must be soaring stacks in your name. For every book about a battle, there is a missing book about its tears. That's the book fair I would prefer to walk through. It's true I won't be able to hold any of the volumes in my hands, flip through their

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pages, read their titles or the names of their authors. They too have been wiped from history. We all know what happens in war. As soon as it begins, it strips a people of everything.

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