{"id":37590,"date":"2025-07-04T10:09:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T08:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/?p=37590"},"modified":"2025-07-04T10:09:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T08:09:36","slug":"nasser-rabah-on-poetry-and-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/nasser-rabah-on-poetry-and-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Nasser Rabah on Poetry and Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Here we present two poems, &#8220;Distorted Dreams&#8221; and &#8220;Meditations,&#8221; in both their Arabic originals and English, from the new volume published by City Lights, <a href=\"https:\/\/citylights.com\/general-poetry\/gaza-the-poem-said-its-piece-pp-64\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Gaza: The Poem Said Its Piece<\/em><\/a>, translated by Ammiel Alcalay, Emna Zgal and Khaled Al-Hilli. Like Mandelstam, Akhmatova, and Vallejo, Gazan poet Nasser Rabah embodies the magnificent possibilities of the human spirit and imagination under extreme conditions.<\/h5>\n<h4>Nasser Rabah<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nasser Rabah on Poetry and Gaza\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1098083958?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This is Rabah\u2019s first book in English translation. The poems include a selection from three of his published collections, along with new poems written after October 2023, during the full-scale Israeli assault on Gaza.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37591\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Distorted-Dreams-EN-Nasser-Rabah.jpg\" alt=\"Distorted Dreams EN Nasser Rabah\" width=\"500\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Distorted-Dreams-EN-Nasser-Rabah.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Distorted-Dreams-EN-Nasser-Rabah-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Distorted-Dreams-EN-Nasser-Rabah-768x624.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Distorted-Dreams-EN-Nasser-Rabah-600x487.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37592\" 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src=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Nasser-Rabah-Gaza-The-Poem-Said-Its-Piece.jpg\" alt=\"Gaza: The Poem Said Its Piece is published by City Lights.\" width=\"506\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Nasser-Rabah-Gaza-The-Poem-Said-Its-Piece.jpg 506w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Nasser-Rabah-Gaza-The-Poem-Said-Its-Piece-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Gaza: The Poem Said Its Piece<\/em> is published by <a href=\"https:\/\/citylights.com\/general-poetry\/gaza-the-poem-said-its-piece-pp-64\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City Lights<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37596\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meditations-1-EN-Nasser-Rabah-821x1024.jpg\" 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