On May 27, Kareem joined poet and novelist Sinan Antoon -- who has called Abdulqadir "a poet's poet" -- to discuss Except for This Unseen Thread.
Mona Kareem Wins 2021 NEA Award to Translate Ra’ad Abdulqadir
Poet and translator Mona Kareem has won a $12,500 NEA award to support her translation of poetry by Iraqi poet Ra'ad Abdulqadir.
Friday Finds: Ra’ad Abdul Qadir’s ‘Minorities’
"The Chaldean translator turns to the truck driver:" / "Le traducteur chaldéen regarde le chauffeur de la fourgonnette"
Friday Finds: ‘A Song for the Lightning Bird’
Sleep quiet and safe
seven rose bushes will guard your sleep
and a bird whistling a heavenly tune