The Wings of an Ant & Other Poems by Rati Saxena translated into Arabic by Ashraf Aboul-Yazid. Rati Saxena – Born in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. She is a poet, writer, translator, Editor and vedic scholar, writes in Hindi and English. Presently lives in Trivandrum , Kerala, India. She is also festival Director of kritya International poetry festival for 10 years. Rati Saxena has passed B.A. (Honours) Sanskrit, Maharani College, Rajasthan University,1972; M.A. SANSKRIT (Veda specialization) , Rajasthan University, 1974. She has Ph.D in ‘Atharvavediya Padarth Yojana’, Vedic Sanskrit, Rajasthan University,1978. And then again B.Ed- Sanskrit, Kerala University, 1987 and also M.A Hindi, Rajasthan University, 1994. About the translator: Ashraf Aboul-Yazid, a poet-writer in contemporary Egypt, Editor in Chief, THE SILK ROAD LITERATURE SERIES. Worked in Cultural Journalism for 30 years. Authored and translated 40 books. Manhae Prize in Literature, 2014, Korea,, , Arab Journalism Award in Culture، in 2015، UAE
