{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"'My Mother\u2019s Language' and 'The Earth Opens and Welcomes You' by Abdellatif La\u00e2bi","description":"This week we are looking at the work of Abdellatif La\u00e2bi, who is widely acknowledged to be Morocco's greatest living poet. This week the PTC publishes My Mother\u2019s Language featuring a selection of La\u00e2bi\u2019s poems originally written in French with translations into English by the noted Poet and translator Andr\u00e9 Naffis-Sahely, who has just become the editor of Poetry London Magazine. In his introduction to My Mother\u2019s Language Naffis-Sahely details Abdellatif La\u00e2bi\u2019s biography, living through the end of French rule in Moroccan, then the oppressive 'Years Of Lead' that saw many  dissidents and intellectuals imprisoned or disappeared. La\u00e2bi himself was imprisoned for 8 years between 1972 and 1980, during his captivity he was tortured and deprived of medical care. Five years after his release Laabi moved to France, where he continues to live. This week\u2019s poems are 'My Mother\u2019s Language', which lends its title to the new collection and 'The Earth Opens and Welcomes You' the last poem in the collection.  To get your copy of My Mother\u2019s Language, with an afterword by Yousif M. Qasmiyeh, directly from the PTC online store, for just \u00a37 + P&P, head to poetrytranslation.org\/shop. ","author_name":"DUAL Poetry Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.poetrytranslation.org","html":"