"In the early morning hours of June 12, the great Iraqi poet Saadi Youssef died at his home in the village of Harefield, outside London."
Friday Finds: Must-watch Special Episode of ‘Maqsouda’ on Palestinian Poetry
"Poets Zeina Hashem Beck and Farah Chamma, co-hosts of the podcast Maqsouda, share a one-time video special filmed by Hind Shoufani."
Friday Finds: A Discussion of Ra’ad Abdulqadir’s ‘Except for This Unseen Thread’ with Mona Kareem & Sinan Antoon
On May 27, Kareem joined poet and novelist Sinan Antoon -- who has called Abdulqadir "a poet's poet" -- to discuss Except for This Unseen Thread.
’67 Children’: A Friday Poem by Ahlam Bsharat
"67 mothers calling"
Friday Finds: Two Poems by Ameer Hamad
"These two poems translated by Katharine Halls are small enough to carry in one’s palm; they utilise a mode of poetic witness attuned to distillation, frankness, and the startling force of an ending."
From ‘Your Name, Palestine’ by Olivia Elias
"Eyes fixed on the Mediterranean / mirage shimmering from afar / we sail from island to island / between walls and barbed wire"
‘The Cat Cow’ by Ahlam Bsharat
"I want to hug the cat named Cow, who survived the war"
New Poetry by Ahlam Bsharat: ‘I Saw a Dead Road on the Road’
"I saw a dead road on the road / & left it there"
Nakba Day: Free Palestinian Ebooks, Magazines, More Recommended Reading
There are at least two digital Nakba Day events today; one with poet Najwan Darwish and another the kickoff events for Palestine Art Week: Also to mark Nakba Day, which commemorates Palestinians' ongoing, 73-year resistance to expulsion from their homes and lands, Saqi Books is offering 20 Palestinian e-books from their back catalog free to … Continue reading Nakba Day: Free Palestinian Ebooks, Magazines, More Recommended Reading
Friday Finds: ‘Palestine Twenty Times in a Sentence’
The three translated poems are "We," "Massacres," and "I Don't Ask Anymore."
Lebanese Poet Inaya Jaber, 1958-2021
Lebanese poet, journalist, artist, and singer Inaya Jaber died Monday evening after a brief struggle with illness, according to news reports.
New Poetry in Translation: ‘On the Bursh After Dinner’
"Farewell to the prison bars and walls / Farewell to friends and our nighttime talks / when you divvied up the moonlight amongst us."
