Poetry

A Gaza story

by SR Editor January 17, 2009

I am seated on rubble and ashes I don’t know if Aya my doll is still in my arms I still can hear the talks, the whispers and the crying of latest days And the laughs of other times I still hear the familiar call for praying, the sounds of the house … I hope [...]

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Al Miftah

by Haitham Sabbah August 14, 2008

We know, all you could keep, is an old key, an old rusty key and no door to open with, because the door was left behind. Behind the hills, behind the walls, there was your house, once, now owned by foreigner dwelling in your land, now made a foreign country where foreigners feel at home, [...]

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Suheir Hammad – Def Poetry

by Haitham Sabbah April 20, 2007

Palestinian-American poet and political activist Suheir Hammad. She –author of three books, two-time winner of the Audre Lord Writing Award, and co-recipient of the 2005 Sister of Fire Award– is what you would call a “political poet.” This longtime Brooklyn resident sees her poetry as news, containing the power to influence and illuminate the world. [...]

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