Over email, both judges clarified there is no requirement that poets reside in the US or have US citizenship. This prize is for Arab poets, working in English, living anywhere in the world.
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10th Anniversary Readings For Al-Mutanabbi Street
Next month will mark the tenth anniversary of the bombing of Baghdad’s al-Mutanabbi Street, the city’s historic bookselling corridor.
There’s Something in One of Wadih Sa’adeh’s Poems
They came away until they came
to water, wearied
while overhead the sun searched for a needle
to reattach them to the shadows.
Spoken-word Poet Afra Atiq: Placing the Individual at the Heart of Her Commentary
She doesn’t shy away from addressing the big issues, she said, but she wants to place the individual at the heart of her social commentary.
Friday Finds: ‘The Exquisite Engineering of Geography’s Tumult’
In an obscure crowd, an obscene clarity dawns on me.
In the midst of the exquisite engineering of geography’s tumult, a bullet quietly passes through me, at my lower back,
Ashraf Fayadh Wins 2017 Oxfam Novib/PEN Award for Freedom of Expression
According to organizers, the award exists “to honour the courage of writers committed to freedom of expression despite facing countless challenges and risks.”
Friday Finds: Poetry ‘At That Outcast and Lonely Hour’
“At that outcast and lonely hour,
that hour of night when choices narrow”
Friday Finds: Poetry by Jan Dammu and Amjad Nasser
You gnaw at sleep’s pear
and lie on a pile of ruses, dangers, and debacles
then rest on yesterday’s train
while your phantoms keep on pulsating, powerful, alive
Sunday Submissions: Orison Books and Poetry in Translation
“Submissions of full-length (60 pp. minimum) poetry collections in English translation are accepted year-round.”
‘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.”
