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New Poetry by Nasser Rabah: ‘Amjad’
Poet and short-story writer Nasser Rabah is on the list of finalists for this year’s Arabic Flash Fiction Prize from ArabLit and Komet Kashakeel. He and translator Wiam El-Tamami share this poem. Amjad...
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Heba Al-Agha’s ‘Free Poems in the Autumn’
This poem was composed on September 13, 2024, as the first signs of autumn arrive. Free Poems in the Autumn By Heba Al-Agha Translated by Julia Choucair Vizoso How will my poems be free this fall...
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Poetry in Translation: A Bouquet of Flowers to ‘Wad el-Makki’
Renowned Sudanese poet Mohammed el-Makki Ibrahim composed this poem many years back. It depicts deep yearning for Al Madinah Al Munawarah, the second holiest city in Islam and home to the Prophet’s...
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Asmaa Dwimah: ‘A Sentence About Death’
A Sentence About Death By Asmaa Dwimah Translated by the ArabLit collective I would have been happy to die a martyr, but not in the way I see people dying now, as I am afraid that, under tons of...
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New Poetry in Translation: Khaled Juma’s ‘The Right Time’
The Right Time By Khaled Juma Translated by Zainab Al Qaisi I had an appointment with the Right Time at the crumbling old café in the rundown city. I’d been waiting since I was ten. As usual, the...
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‘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...
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New Poetry by Asmaa Dwimah: ‘A Miracle’
By Asmaa Dwimah Translated by Asmaa Dwimah with the ArabLit collective All I want: a miracle The hand of God extends over Gaza, pats us on our heads, retrieves the remains of the martyrs, and puts...
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New Poetry by Samer Abu Hawwash: ‘We Will Lose This War’
We Will Lose This War By Samer Abu Hawwash Translated by Huda Fakhreddine We won’t cut down a tree. We won’t burn a field. We won’t kill a man or a woman, an elder or a child. We won’t disturb the...
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New Poetry in Translation: Samar Diab’s ‘Galilo/le’
Galilo/le By Samar Diab Translated by Zeina Hashem Beck If it turned, you would have seen England’s swans in the lap of a dying child in Somalia, placing their heads in his mouth, begging him to...
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‘Where I Write Now’: Maryam Al Khateeb
Where I Write Now By Maryam Al Khateeb Translated by Wiam El-Tamami In the room where I sleep, I’ve created a portal to the sky Every night, I prepare the moon, the stars I arrange the branches...
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A Whisper from Sudanese Poet Kamal Elgizouli
Whispers By Kamal Elgizouli Translated by Adil Babakir It’s not murder that I dread. Not even a tragic end. Nor this door being blown down outright, or them storming in at midnight, their naked guns...
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‘The Future of Gaza’ by Basman Eldirawi
The Future of Gaza By Basman Eldirawi While I write this poem, the future of Gaza lies in a coma in Al Aqsa hospital’s ICU after shrapnel flew into his neck. The future of Gaza is sitting in Al...
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New Poetry by Golan Haji
The Scissors By Golan Haji Translated by Marilyn Hacker Golan Haji is a Syrian-Kurdish poet, essayist and translator with a postgraduate degree in pathology. He lives in France. He has published five...
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New Poetry by Shaimaa Abulebda
By Shaimaa Abulebda It’s winter, and I am counting down to Ramadan. The nights are long and cold in the crowded tent, away from home. One morning, the weight of the genocidal war and displacement gets...
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New Poetry by Tamer Kuhial
Joy Garnett: Flood (5), 2006, oil on canvas, 54×60 inches Behind the Veil By Tamer Kuhial Translated by Oumeima Mouelhi Gaza! Fragments of bombs hang from my throat, and Briefly fuse with the living...
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From Mahmoud Abu Hashhash’s ‘Violation’
Poems from Violation By Mahmoud Abu Hashhash Translated by Wiam El-Tamami My friends, faraway and safe in their houses and streets their offices and parks write to me asking: Are you still alive?...
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New Poetry by Ramzi Salem: ‘Orange Death’
The poem “موت برتقالي” originally appeared in al-Araby al-Jadeed on December 5, 2024. Orange Death By Ramzi Salem I love autumn, and I hate its shades of orange that remind me of death, of sparks and...
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‘Normalcy in Every War’: By Jan Dost
We originally ran this poem, by Syrian Kurdish author Jan Dost, in 2020. Dost’s first novel to appear in English, Safe Corridor, is coming next year in Marilyn Booth’s translation. Normalcy in Every...
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‘When It Rains Blood’: New Poetry by Reem Sleem
When It Rains Blood By Reem Sleem When you walk under the rain, take off your shoes and walk barefoot. Let your feet feel the water on the ground, let them soak a little. Let your feet sink into the...
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‘End-of-Year Sale’: New Poetry by Basman Eldirawi
End-of-Year Sale By Basman Eldirawi Translated by M Lynx Qualey The city now seems like the most fitting place for an end-of-year sale. Bodies are free today, you just have to decide: Do you want them...
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