10-12 OCTOBER 2025
My own stone
10:45
BOOK PRESENTATION
Organized by Irini Publications
Bilingual Edition (Arabic / Greek) of Palestinian poet Murad Al-Sudani,
Secretary General of the General Union of Palestinian Writers and Authors.
📖 A poetic work-testimony, deeply connected to the identity, resistance, and memory of the Palestinian people.
With the participation of:
- Haitham Alzeer, Head of Consular and Public Relations of the Embassy of the State of Palestine in the Republic of Cyprus and translator of the book
- Christos Koukis, poet and translator of the book
- Konstantinos Katsikeas, publisher
SUMMARY
If my heart were stone...
If my heart was slow to reach its dream
I would decorate you with jasmines woven with a stray star
I would dress you with all the flame of a green meadow
I would rest my head on your beating chest
and there, in your shadows, I would be lost in the world.
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[From the publication]
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
Christos Koukis is a poet, translator, organizer and director.
festival. He has published poetry collections in Greece, India, Honduras,
Serbia and France. He has participated in many international poetry festivals in
Europe, America and Asia and his poems have been translated into
fifteen (15) languages and have been included in various anthologies.
He visits schools and prisons to spread poetry and literature.
He recently translated two (2) important Palestinian poets into Greek.
(Nazwan Darwish and Murad Al-Sudani).
Konstantinos Katsikeas studied at the Mathematics School of Athens.
In recent years he has been the head of "Peace Publications".
At the same time, it maintains publishing houses in Bulgaria and Kenya.
Konstantinos Katsikeas studied at the Department of Mathematics of the University
of Athens. In recent years, he has been the head of "Eirini Publications."
At the same time, he runs publishing houses in Bulgaria and Kenya.
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