The Shutters Etel Adnan filosofische vraagstukken en het (on)vermogen

filosofische vraagstukken en het (on)vermogen van woorden

technology — that everywhere impinge locally and yet evade global apprehension

during the fever pitch of his political exile from his homeland of Morocco which he fled

and of language itself

written from an identitarian standpoint

The Shutters Etel Adnan filosofische vraagstukken en het (on)vermogenAhmed Bouanani (trans. Emma Ramadan) The Shutters collects the two most important poetry collections The Shutters and Photograms by the legendary Moroccan writer Ahmed Bouanani. By intertwining myth and tradition with the familiar objects and smells of his lived present, Bouanani reconstructs vivid images of Morocco's past. He weaves together references to the Second World War, the Spanish and French protectorates, the Rif War, dead soldiers,