A Whisper from Sudanese Poet Kamal Elgizouli
Whispers By Kamal Elgizouli Translated by Adil Babakir It’s not murder that I dread. Not even a tragic end. Nor this door being blown down outright, or them storming in […]
Poetry
‘Where I Write Now’: Maryam Al Khateeb
Where I Write Now By Maryam Al Khateeb Translated by Wiam El-Tamami In the room where I sleep, I’ve created a portal to the sky Every night, I prepare the […]
New Poetry in Translation: Samar Diab’s ‘Galilo/le’
Galilo/le By Samar Diab Translated by Zeina Hashem Beck If it turned, you would have seen England’s swans in the lap of a dying child in Somalia, placing their […]
New Poetry by Samer Abu Hawwash
We Will Lose This War By Samer Abu Hawwash Translated by Huda Fakhreddine We won’t cut down a tree. We won’t burn a field. We won’t kill a man or […]
New Poetry by Asmaa Dwaima: ‘A Miracle’
By Asmaa Dwaima Translated by Asmaa Dwaima and Nour Siksik All I want: a miracle The hand of God extends over Gaza, pats us on our heads, retrieves […]
‘To the Students of Columbia University’
Editorial Preface The Editors of The Columbia Review, with ArabLit To The Students of Columbia University (رسالة إلى طلاب جامعة كولومبيا) By Ameer Hamad (tr. Amine Bit, Gabrielle Alvarez, […]
New Poetry in Translation: Khaled Juma’s ‘The Right Time’
The Right Time By Khaled Juma Translated by Zainab Al Qaisi I had an appointment with the Right Time at the crumbling old café in the rundown city. I’d […]
Asmaa Dwaima: ‘A Sentence About Death’
A Sentence About Death By Asmaa Dwaima Translated by the ArabLit collective I would have been happy to die a martyr, but not in the way I see people dying […]
Poetry in Translation: A Bouquet of Flowers to ‘Wad el-Makki’
Renowned Sudanese poet Mohammed el-Makki Ibrahim composed this poem many years back. It depicts deep yearning for Al Madinah Al Munawarah, the second holiest city in Islam and home to […]