A 1949 portrait of Lamia Abbas Amara by Jawad Saleem
Lamia Abbas Amara (also spelled Lamea Abbas Amara; 1929 – 18 June 2021) was an Iraqi Mandaean poet.
Quotes
- Cities have a spirit and reveal their secrets if you listen.
- Why should we hate the people we once loved because of a war that mars even our memories?
- Frouzanda Mahrad (an Arabic poem, translated by Mike Maggio in: Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press.)
Quotes about Lamia Abbas Amara
- Lamea ... is ... dark and intense, with the personality of an archaic queen.
- Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press, p. 21.
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