“Nobody knows where the red line is any more.”
poetry
‘A Poet Behind Bars’: A New Poem from Dareen Tatour
“See, prison is for lovers.”
Poem from Syria Becomes Part of Haunting Composition ‘Songish’
“[A]nd what can I do from where I am except raise my voice against this somehow.”
Three New Poems, Translated by Robin Moger
“Every poem I read / a jewel / looted from the world. / Every poem I wrote / an apology.”
Ali Znaidi Wins ‘Split This Rock/Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here’ Poetry Translation Contest
I’m alone as usual
but the city is unusually alone.
I watch over its wilderness out of my window.
Nothing but the night and the curfew.
‘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. “
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”
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. “
New Poems by Dareen Tatour, Under House Arrest in Israel
They signed on my behalf
And turned me into
A file, forgotten
Like cigarette butts.
An Open Letter from Palestinian Poet Dareen Tatour, Under House Arrest
“My message to all of you, without exception, is the message of a loving woman, striving for peace and safety, and hoping that justice and equality will be shared by all human beings everywhere.”
For World Refugee Week: 4 Poems
Being a refugee means standing at the end of the queue
to get a fraction of a country.
