Mohamad Nassereddine is a Lebanese poet and author. 

Read one of his poems titled “An offering,” which is translated by Huda Fakhreddine, who is an assistant professor of Arabic literature at the University of Pennsylvania.  

O Leaves, O Flowers!
We hold you in our hands as offerings.

We stir in you the ruin of winter,
the swell of summer.

Say a little something, 
when we tremble.

We have no need for you 
if you were 
only 
leaves and flowers.

(With thanks to the poet and the translator)