Poetry

Three Poems of Love and Desire by Nouri Al-Jarrah

Three Poems of Love and Desire by Nouri Al-Jarrah

Three poems of love and desire, composed in Beirut during the darkest days of the civil war, and war...

15 MARCH 2022 • By Noreen Moustafa
Three Love Poems by Rumi, Translated by Haleh Liza Gafori

Three Love Poems by Rumi, Translated by Haleh Liza Gafori

Iranian American poet and translator Haleh Liza Gafori presents a new volume of Rumi translations in "GOLD" published...

15 MARCH 2022 • By Haleh Liza Gafori
Two Poems by Sophia Armen

Two Poems by Sophia Armen

L.A. Armenian poet and activist Sophia Armen is an American original.

15 FEBRUARY 2022 • By Sophia Armen
L.A. Story: Poems from Laila Halaby

L.A. Story: Poems from Laila Halaby

Poet and novelist Laila Halaby writes her Los Angeles experience in a cascade of words that indelibly capture...

15 FEBRUARY 2022 • By Abeer Esber
Poetic Justice: 70+ Contemporary Poets of Morocco

Poetic Justice: 70+ Contemporary Poets of Morocco

Amazigh Moroccan poet El Habib Louai reviews a recent anthology that has warmed the hearts of English-reading Moroccans...

31 JANUARY 2022 • By El Habib Louai
Poetry: In Search of Lost Places, 5 by Mbarek Sryfi

Poetry: In Search of Lost Places, 5 by Mbarek Sryfi

Moroccan American poet and writer Mbarek Sryfi reads from his work in an exclusive video prepared for The...

15 JANUARY 2022 • By Raja Abu Kasm
Refugee Dreams — Three Poems by Meral Şimşek

Refugee Dreams — Three Poems by Meral Şimşek

A poet whose writings and identity are contested by her own government reads three poems from her book...

15 JANUARY 2022 • By C. Michael Johnson
Etel Adnan’s Sun and Sea: In Remembrance

Etel Adnan’s Sun and Sea: In Remembrance

Art critic Arie Amaya-Akkermans summons the gods of art and poetry as he reviews the life work of...

19 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Poem: An Allegory for Our Times

Poem: An Allegory for Our Times

Jenny Pollak, a poet in Australia, captures the unrelenting menace of a changing world.

15 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Ivar Ekeland
Faraj Bayrakdar, Once Syria’s Prisoner, is Freedom’s Poet

Faraj Bayrakdar, Once Syria’s Prisoner, is Freedom’s Poet

India Hixon Radfar reviews the newly-translated collection of poetry from a former prisoner in Syria.

15 OCTOBER 2021 • By India Hixon Radfar
Poetry: Mohammed El-Kurd’s Rifqa Reviewed

Poetry: Mohammed El-Kurd’s Rifqa Reviewed

India Hixon Radfar reviews the first collection of poetry from Palestinian firebrand Mohammed El-Kurd.

15 OCTOBER 2021 • By India Hixon Radfar
Three Poems by Kashmiri American Bard Agha Shahid Ali

Three Poems by Kashmiri American Bard Agha Shahid Ali

Agha Shahid Ali Tonight    Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar                          —Laurence Hope...

15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By Karima Ahdad
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