“Hussein Barghouti’s true poesy is realised in al-dou’ al-azraq in ways it has not been in his poetry. This is a text that does not conform to one literary genre. It is not a biography in the conventional sense, nor is it a novel: at once reminiscent of a novel’s narrative and the intimacy of biography. Still, the author’s life story is a primary component of this text that is open to any form of writing capable of containing his existential, cultural and philosophical burdens. It is a strange amalgam of personal candidness and inner meditations. From the repercussions of delirium to mythology. From reality to absence. From the narration of personal tales to Sufi introspection. From madness claiming wisdom, to wisdom that manifests solely in madness.”- Mahmoud Darwish