“WE” and “4978 and One Nights” by Ghayath Almadhoun
A Syrian and Swedish poet of Palestinian heritage, Ghayath Almadhoun lives between Stockhold and Berlin.
Ghayath Al Madhoun
Ghayath Almadhoun is a Palestinian poet born in Damascus, Syria who emigrated to Sweden in 2008. Now he lives in between Berlin and Stockholm. He has published four poetry collections in Arabic and has been translated into over 20 languages. Almadhoun collaborated with other poets and artists, and his poetry has been part of work by US artist Jenny Holzer, German musician Blixa Bargeld, and others. Almadhoun also works in poetry films, and his latest poetry film Évian won the Zebra Best Poetry Film Award 2020. His latest collection Adrenalin, published in English by Action Books in 2017, was among SPD Poetry Bestsellers in the US and was nominated for the 2018 Best Translated Book Award. Find him on Instagram and Facebook.