Alfred Greenberg

DREAMS FROM THE NILE: Poetry Inspired while Living in Egypt (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

My time in Egypt came after many seasons of frantic activity in life: raising a large family, meeting deadlines, overseeing projects, and striving to achieve goals-going, going, going. Being in Egypt allowed me to switch into a different mode, to stop all my running around and learn to simply be. While there, I lived for much of the time in Luxor and Aswan, close to the Nile.

I found that I not only drew energy and strength from the iconic river, but that it also became a calming source for me, allowing for many deep emotions to rise and be felt, engendering a renewed sense of peace within. In essence, I ultimately found the soul of the Nile to be my comforter, my friend, and my teacher. This collection of poems reflects the peace and healing I found within the framework of such beauty and simplicity.

The poetry collection is divided into seven parts, each one representing some element of the land and people, as well as lessons they taught me while I was there. Just as my experience in Egypt was teaching me to be a more quiet, contemplative person, poetry became a new form of expression of that new state of being, a mystical language, a way for me to freely articulate my deepest feelings.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Alfred Greenberg
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781386586739
• Artikelnr.: 55262189

Autorenporträt

About the Author

Mr. Greenberg left the United States at the early age of seventeen, upon hearing George Harrison's song for Bangladesh. He set off on a humanitarian quest to help relieve the suffering of people in that war-torn land, and while en route, helped establish halfway houses for drug addicts in India, Nepal, and Afghanistan. In Calcutta, he met and joined forces with Mother Teresa, who was in the early days of her work there, helping her in caring for people at the Home for the Dying. He later went on to open a humanitarian project in Bangladesh, where he remained for five years.

Later, while back in the United States, he, along with his sons, launched the pop brother band, Bon Voyager, releasing three CDs of original music, and performing throughout the country to help promote various charitable causes.

As a middle-aged man, he set off again, this time to live in the heart of the Middle East. He arrived in Cairo shortly before the revolution broke out, living through historic times with the Egyptian people. What he experienced there profoundly affected him. This book, part memoir and part travel odyssey, is an account of that journey.

Mr. Greenberg is the author of two other books due to be released soon. For further information, kindly visit the website: www.apilgrimsdiary.com.