poetry

Sahar Muradi presents two poems from OCTOBERS

Sahar Muradi presents two poems from OCTOBERS

Heartbreak and echoes, as a poet recalls the US invasion and occupation of her native Afghanistan, the death...

MAY 8, 2024 • By Sahar Muradi
Sargon Boulus Revisited: Encomium to an Assyrian Poet

Sargon Boulus Revisited: Encomium to an Assyrian Poet

Youssef Rakha revisits his fascination with Sargon Boulos who managed to live out poetic Arabness in exile as...

MAY 3, 2024 • By Youssef Rakha
Arthur Kayzakian’s Stolen Painting and The Nameless Father

Arthur Kayzakian’s Stolen Painting and The Nameless Father

Sean Casey on a rather unusual and remarkable debut from Arthur Kayzakian that melds poetry, prose and correspondence.

FEBRUARY 4, 2024 • By Sean Casey
Four Poems by Alaa Hassanien from The Love That Doubles Loneliness

Four Poems by Alaa Hassanien from The Love That Doubles Loneliness

Emotions of modern romance are found in Alaa Hasanin’s "The Love That Doubles Loneliness," translated from Arabic by...

FEBRUARY 4, 2024 • By Alaa Hassanien
“Kabul’s Haikus”—fiction from Maryam Mahjoba

“Kabul’s Haikus”—fiction from Maryam Mahjoba

In this short story by Maryam Mahjoba, a teacher from Japan travels to Afghanistan to teach at a...

DECEMBER 3, 2023 • By Maryam Mahjoba
Hanan Eshaq

Hanan Eshaq

Hanan Eshaq is a young multimedia artist and poet from Yemen.

DECEMBER 3, 2023 • By Hanan Eshaq
Albanian Poet Luljeta Lleshanaku

Albanian Poet Luljeta Lleshanaku

Poetry Markaz presents Albanian poet Luljeta Lleshanaku with two poems from her latest book of poetry available in...

OCTOBER 11, 2023 • By Luljeta Lleshanaku
The Contemporary Literary Scene in Iran

The Contemporary Literary Scene in Iran

Salar Abdoh reports from Tehran on the beauty and complexity of Iranian literature that thrives despite warring factions.

OCTOBER 1, 2023 • By Salar Abdoh
Two Poems, Practicing Absence & At the Airport—Sholeh Wolpé

Two Poems, Practicing Absence & At the Airport—Sholeh Wolpé

In her memoir in verse, a poet recounts a day in the life at the cemetery, and a...

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 • By Sholeh Wolpé
Open Letter: On Being Palestinian and Publishing Poetry in the US

Open Letter: On Being Palestinian and Publishing Poetry in the US

Bethlehem-born poet Ahmad Almallah describes his trials and tribulations getting published in English in the United States.

AUGUST 21, 2023 • By Ahmad Almallah
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