A published Arabic poet, a journalist and editor, he became an Australian citizen in 2005 and started to compose some of his poetry in English as well as in Arabic. He has translated work from a range of world literatures into Arabic. Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen is gaining a reputation as one of Australian’s finest poets, with work represented in high profile Australian literary journals like Southerly and Meanjin, and in anthologies such as Best Australian Poems (Black Inc Press, 2007). In 2009 Adeeb published his first English poetry collection Fatherhood (Seaview Press). A prolific writer since 1976 Adeeb has published fourteen poetry books in Arabic, English and Italian. Something Wrong is the second English language volume of poetry by Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen.