Batool Abu Akleen

Batool Abu Akleen: Poetry Is What Keeps Me Alive

September 23, 2024

Nineteen-year-old Palestinian poet Batool Abu Akleen was recently named Modern Poetry in Translation’s “poet in residence,” which entails not quite a residency, but a stipend to write and translate for […]

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6 Poems to Celebrate Batool Abu Akleen, MPT’s 2024 Poet in Residence

September 13, 2024

This week, award-winning Gaza-based Palestinian poet and artist Batool Abu Akleen was named the 2024 Modern Poetry in Translation (MPT) poet-in-residence. MPT editor Ed Cottrell explained that the residencies “are […]