The Poet and ExistenceThis book presents a critical study of five poetry collections by the Iraqi poet Hatif Janabi (Htif Janb): Fards, ay'il wa 'askir (Paradises, Deer, and Soldiers, four poetry collections in one, Damascus 1998), Raba bayna aymatayn (A Desire Between Two Clouds, Beirut 2009), Maw'id ma'a afrat as sikkn (An Appointment with a Knife's Blade, Beirut 2012), I daalta baytan fa satuqabbil qadamayka al 'ataba (If You Enter Our Home, the Threshold Will Kiss Your