The scope and ambition of this collection are both remarkable and necessary. Under the rubric 'Arab women poets' it reveals a multiplicity of imaginations, presences, roots, migrations, artistic strategies. Contemporary Arab women are writing poetry in French, Swedish, English, Spanish, as well as Arabic; thus the task of translation has been complex. These are poems both of revolution and evolution, emerging from the ancient, rich but exclusionary tradition of poetry in Arabic. Thus they enlarge the domain of poetry itself... May this book receive the attention and appreciation it truly deserves.–Adrienne Rich