A Resonant Death: Poems & Reflections by Fatima Hassouna
Batool Abu Akleen writes: “Heartsick, I am sharing with you my translations of some of her prose and poetry, as it was her wish to have a RESONANT death.”
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Writing to Survive: Extending the Discussion with Gazan Poets
Below is an extension of our editor Nashwa Nasreldin’s essay at New Lines, “Gazan Poets Write to Survive.“ By Nashwa Nasreldin When I first started writing this feature for New […]
Batool Abu Akleen: Poetry Is What Keeps Me Alive
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 […]
6 Poems to Celebrate Batool Abu Akleen, MPT’s 2024 Poet in Residence
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 […]
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