‘To the Students of Columbia University’

Editorial Preface

The Editors of The Columbia Review, with ArabLit

To The Students of Columbia University (رسالة إلى طلاب جامعة كولومبيا)

By Ameer Hamad (tr. Amine Bit, Gabrielle Alvarez, and Hoda Ali)

Acknowledgements and Translator’s Note

By Amine Bit, Gabrielle Alvarez, and Hoda Ali

Selected Prose from Gigi and Ali’s Rabbit (جيجي وأرنب علي)

That Summer (ذلك الصّيف)

By Ameer Hamad (tr. Amine Bit)

Selected Poems from I Searched For Their Keys in the Locks (بحثت عن مفاتيحهم في الأقفال)

The King’s Palace Near Jerusalem (قصر الملك قرب القدس)

By Ameer Hamad (tr. Gabrielle Alvarez)

Jerusalem (قدس)

By Ameer Hamad (tr. Gabrielle Alvarez)

The Walls of the Holy City (أسوار البلدة المقدّسة)

By Ameer Hamad (tr. Gabrielle Alvarez)

The Mediterranean Sea (البحر المتوسّط)

By Ameer Hamad (tr. Gabrielle Alvarez)

A Night in Jericho (ليلٌ في اريحا)

By Ameer Hamad (tr. Gabrielle Alvarez)

The Dead Sea (البحر المّيت)

By Ameer Hamad (tr. Hoda Ali)

Penelope Wires (أسلاك بينيلوبي)

By Ameer Hamad (tr. Hoda Ali)

Hell (جحيم)

By Ameer Hamad (tr. Hoda Ali)

Far From My People and Their Enemies (بعيٌد عن أهلي وأعدائهم)

By Ameer Hamad (tr. Hoda Ali) 

Author & Translator Bios