The word cacophony perfectly captures loud, jumbled, and unpleasant sounds. Originating from Greek, it means 'bad sound'.

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A Christian born in Amman, Jordan, to Greek parents, is challenging the way Arabic culture is portrayed in Western media.

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This year’s 2025 Tsaloumas Memorial Lecture will explore how poets writing from diaspora have grappled with the omnipresent ...