Listen to the MournersThis is one of the first book length English translations of Nzik Al Malikas Arabic poetry. One of the most influential Iraqi poets of the twentieth century, Nzik Al Malika pioneered the modern Arabic verse movement when she broke away from the formalistic classical modes of Arabic poetry that had prevailed for more than fifteen centuries. Along with Abdulwahhb Al Bayyti and Badre Shkir Al Sayyb, she paved the way for the birth of a new modernist