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Ileya

By Adedayo Agarau

There are nights that escape

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

This is war

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

Death’s night won’t come gently

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

Kareem James Abu-Zeid

Kareem James Abu-Zeid is an award-winning translator, editor, writer, and scholar. He has translated numerous writers, namely Najwan Darwish, Rabee Jaber, and Songs of Mihyar the Damascene by Adunis (co-translated with Ivan Eubanks, New Directions, 2019; Penguin Modern Classics, 2021), among others. He is the recipient of awards, fellowships, honors, and residencies from PEN America, the National Endowment for the Arts, Poetry magazine, the Fulbright Program, the Lannan Foundation, and Banff Centre for the Arts. Abu-Zeid lives outside of Santa Fe.
http://www.kareemjamesabuzeid.com
Poetry

A Star from the Land of the Dead

By Najwan Darwish, translated from Arabic by Kareem James Abu-Zeid January 15, 2025
Your departure’s no departure, / your return is no return
Poetry

A Letter from Ain Defla

By Najwan Darwish, translated from Arabic by Kareem James Abu-Zeid January 15, 2025
I’m standing in the fog / and I cannot stay.
Poetry

A Yemeni Rhythm

By Najwan Darwish, translated from Arabic by Kareem James Abu-Zeid January 15, 2025
A song in the wadi / is all that remains.
Poetry

Umm Kulthum Singing for the Prophet

Poetry by Najwan Darwish, translated from the Arabic by Kareem James Abu-Zeid April 22, 2021
The Star of the East sings for the Prophet / while I release my song
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