‘The Idea Has Failed’: A Poem from Gaza by Basman Aldirawi
This poem is shared by Gazan Palestinian poet Basman Aldirawi, also the author of “This Bread Was Born, This Bread Was Killed.” The Idea Has Failed By Basman Aldirawi Translated […]
Poetry
‘Our Loneliness’: A Poem by Hiba Abu Nada
Hiba Abu Nada was a Palestinian novelist, poet, educator, and nutritionist from Gaza. Her novel Oxygen is Not for the Deadwon the Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity in 2017. She […]
Two ‘Little Prose Texts’ by Abdallah Zrika
The following two “little” texts are translated from Abdallah Zrika’s Petites Proses published by L’Escampette in 1998. The author himself translated the texts from Arabic into French. The translations from […]
‘Not Just Passing’: A Poem by Hiba Abu Nada
Hiba Abu Nada was a Palestinian poet, novelist, and educator. Her novel الأكسجين ليس للموتى (Oxygen is Not for the Dead) won second place in the Sharjah Award for Arab Creativity […]
On Queer-positive Sonic Expression and Activism in Palestine: 10 Songs
By an ArabLit contributing writer The current crisis in Palestine is humanitarian. It’s not queer. Not feminist. It’s a crisis of more than 14,000 dead, more than 6,000 of them […]
‘What Do We Do During Genocide’: A Poem by Mohja Kahf
Mohja Kahf writes from Arkansas, USA. The image is by Hesham, of a kitchen into which he’d moved only seven months before. What Do We Do During Genocide By Mohja Kahf […]
An Excerpt from: Ahlam Bsharat’s ‘I Saw, Father, What You Saw’
Ahlam Bsharat is a poet, educator, and the author of many books for young readers. She has written numerous poems in the last six weeks. This excerpt comes from “يا […]
New Poetry: Fady Joudah’s ‘Sunbird’
Words, we believe, are the flesh & bone of human solidarity. They are mutual assistance; they build and reinforce our networks of shared understanding. When people swing an axe at […]
A Poem by Olivia Elias from Day 38, Nov. 14
On November 13, we shared a special section on Palestinian poet Olivia Elias, who writes in French, which included video readings by Elias and her translators; a conversation between Elias […]