‘Talking Forever’: A Poem for Dareen Tatour by Naomi Shihab Nye
“Dareen, trapped in her house for using the word “Resist” – she was there
and we were everywhere else. “
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Posts by Marcia Lynx Qualey:
Books Inside Books: An Infinite History of Modern Libya
“To help me explore Hisham Matar’s The Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land In Between (2016), I ordered a sneeze-inducing, water-stained copy of Knud Holmboe’s Desert Encounter: An Adventurous Journey Through Italian Africa (my copy was printed in 1937), re-read parts of Alessandro Spina’s Confines of the Shadow epic, and even, among other things, pulled Dante off the shelf.”
Sunday Submissions: ‘Making Mirrors’: Righting/Writing by Refugees
“We have some idea of what it will look like but in many ways, this crisis will require new skills, approaches, networks… that will necessarily be collaborative.”
Emma Ramadan Receives PEN/Heim Grant to Translate Ahmed Bouanani’s ‘Les Persiennes’
“This volume of prose poems—by turns haunting, elegant, and surreal—is a key text by a major Francophone Moroccan poet and filmmaker, deftly translated by Emma Ramadan.”
Friday Films: ‘The Collar and the Bracelet,’ Based on a Novella by Yahya Taher
“The Collar and the Bracelet, which has been beautifully translated by Samah Selim, was also translated to film by Khairy Beshara in 1986 and named one of the Best 15 Films of the Last 100 Years, as chosen by 20 critics. “
For July 28: Not Forgetting Ashraf Fayadh
“I’m afraid I’ll be forgotten.”
Selections from 3 Poems by Today’s Google Doodled Poet, Translator, and ‘Shi’r’ Co-founder Ounsi el-Hajj
“Help me
Let there be in me all poets
Because the charge is greater than my two hands”
On a Book Unbanned in Egypt
“The book was withdrawn for ‘investigation’ by the authorities without any explanation, and repeated enquiries to multiple government ministries failed to elicit any meaningful response.”
Update: Poet Dareen Tatour Released, Will Continue House Arrest at Home
“But after a prolonged drama in the Nazareth court the result was that Dareen was arrested and returned to prison. “