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‘The End of the World’: Poet Dima Yousef’s Journey from Yarmouk to Algiers
“In a journey that continues to be marked by uncertainty and marred by individual and collective losses, Dima has no idea where life will take her next.”
Iraqi Poet Dunya Mikhail on Censorship in the US, Censorship in Iraq
“Nobody knows where the red line is any more.”
‘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.
