The Story of a Poem: Refaat Alareer’s ‘If I Must Die’
By Salih J Altoma “And in Gaza and the West Bank, a new generation of poets persists. The most famous, of course, is Refaat Alareer, who was murdered by an Israeli […]
Poetry
New Poetry: ‘Feet That Come Before the Dawn’
Palestinian poet Ramzi Salem’s “لم أنجُ من الحرب” originally appeared in Al Araby in January 2024. We ran a translation of his “أقدامٌ تسبق الفجر” yesterday. Feet That Come Before […]
New Poetry: Ramzi Salem’s ‘I Did Not Survive the War’
Palestinian poet Ramzi Salem’s “لم أنجُ من الحرب” originally appeared in Al Araby in December 2023. We will have a second of Salem’s poems, a translation of his “أقدامٌ تسبق […]
Muhammad Al-Turki’s ‘Now You Are All of Us’
Translator’s Note The young Saudi poet Muhammad Al-Turki mourns the great Saudi poet Badr Bin Abdulmohsin Al-Bader, who passed away on May 4, 2024, in a poem titled “Now You […]
New Poetry: From Akram Alkatreb’s ‘The Screams of War’
These poems come from the collection The Screams of War, a collection of poetry by Akram Alkatreb — translated by Jonas Elbousty — that speaks to a post-2011 Syria. It’s […]
New Poetry in Translation: Yahya Ashour’s ‘When a Missile Lands’
This poem appeared in the “THIS MOMENT” section of our Gaza! Gaza! Gaza! issue, produced together with Majalla 28. When a Missile Lands By Yahya Ashour Translated by Khaled Rajeh […]
‘Every Time I Leave the House’: New Poetry by Haidar al-Ghazali
This poem was inadvertently left out of the THIS MOMENT section of ArabLit Quarterly’s “Gaza! Gaza! Gaza!” section. We will be correcting future issues but also encourage you to read it here. […]
‘Houses That Cling to the Tongue’: New Poetry by Mahmoud Kiralla
Houses That Cling to the Tongue By Mahmoud Kiralla Translated by Tamer Fathy Mabrouk When I was young, the train that passed our old house, with its loud whistle—which still […]
‘They Prepare for their Weddings’: New Poetry by Atef Alshaer
We have one poem by Atef Alshaer in the Spring 2024 issue of ArabLit Quarterly, in partnership with Majalla 28, which accompanies his conversation with journalist Ursula Lindsey about Gaza’s […]