It’s that time of year again, my two favorite months rolled into one: #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth and #PoetryMonth! I’ll be celebrating by sharing a #PoemADay, each one featuring a different #ArabAmerican poet! Yalla!
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But first, some incredible news:
CONGRATULATIONS @ThreaWrites!
#ArabAmericansLead
What a joyous way to start #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth!
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CONGRATULATIONS @ThreaWrites!
#ArabAmericansLead
What a joyous way to start #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth!
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As we go through #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth, I’ll do my best to highlight giants of the #ArabAmerican literary canon as well as emerging voices + some amazing organizations who allow our work to thrive
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Celebrating @ThreaWrites big win, we& #39;ll start our #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth #PoemADay with the gripping piece, "Spray of Citrus and a Month-Long Suffering" published in @Mizna_ArabArt& #39;s 20th anniversary issue earlier this year! https://twitter.com/Mizna_ArabArt/status/1245030357302267904">https://twitter.com/Mizna_Ara...
In thematic conversation with yesterday& #39;s poem, for Day 2 of #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth - #PoetryMonth #PoemADay, here& #39;s a gut-wrenching classic that has found new resonance for many #ArabAmericans: #Gibran& #39;s "Dead Are My People," written in 1916: http://www.adab.com/en/modules.php?name=Sh3er&doWhat=shqas&qid=101">https://www.adab.com/en/module...
two ways Gibran& #39;s "Dead Are My People" are living today:
1) Lebanese artist Yazan Halwani morphed the text of this infamous poem into "The Memory Tree," a monument for victims of the great famine
#ArabAmericanHeritageMonth #PoetryMonth #PoemADay #Lebanon https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/art/yazan-halwani-remembering-lebanon-s-great-famine-with-a-canopy-of-words-1.756129">https://www.thenational.ae/arts-cult...
1) Lebanese artist Yazan Halwani morphed the text of this infamous poem into "The Memory Tree," a monument for victims of the great famine
#ArabAmericanHeritageMonth #PoetryMonth #PoemADay #Lebanon https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/art/yazan-halwani-remembering-lebanon-s-great-famine-with-a-canopy-of-words-1.756129">https://www.thenational.ae/arts-cult...
2) #ArabAmerican playwright @IsmailKhalidi wrote an eponymous play inspired by the poem, produced by @NoorTheatre http://www.noortheatre.org/productions ">https://www.noortheatre.org/productio... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9-Bl2jiLy8">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
The camellia in my backyard has finally bloomed, so today the #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth #PoetryMonth #PoemADay has to be "Xylem" by Kamelya Youssef,
@KamTeaches
Absolute magic: http://birdsthumb.org/february-2017/2017/1/27/xylem">https://birdsthumb.org/february-...
@KamTeaches
Absolute magic: http://birdsthumb.org/february-2017/2017/1/27/xylem">https://birdsthumb.org/february-...
Today’s #PoemADay for #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth + #PoetryMonth is “In Which All Language Fails My Gender” by @Haz_Fahmy (after @mafiasafia) http://apt.aforementionedproductions.com/2017/12/in-which-all-language-fails-my-gender-by-hazem-fahmy/#.XojzfSQpCEd">https://apt.aforementionedproductions.com/2017/12/i...
The #PoemADay I’m sharing today for #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth + #PoetryMonth is the oh-so-relatable “Self Portrait with Profanity” by Safia Elhillo, @mafiasafia, one of our great young voices https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/148388/self-portrait-with-profanity">https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymag...
While we are on the subject of #Arabic, the #PoemADay for #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth #PoetryMonth is @marwahelal’s work of genius, “a poem to be read from right to left” in my new favorite form, which she invented: The Arabic http://www.wintertangerine.com/helal-poem-to-be-read">https://www.wintertangerine.com/helal-poe...
It is publication! day! for @IntifadaBatata
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤩" title="Star-struck" aria-label="Emoji: Star-struck"> so today I’m celebrating the publication of BIRTHRIGHT and sharing the Markov Sonnet, their new form as my #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth #PoetryMonth #PoemADay https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/150570/ekphrasis-with-toothing-chainsaw-in-unnamed-halhul-vineyard">https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/150...
P.S. if you’re looking to celebrate achievement in Palestinian lit, George Abraham @IntifadaBatata and @SaharMustafah are doing a joint book release tonight: https://twitter.com/intifadabatata/status/1246476067499622402?s=21">https://twitter.com/intifadab... https://twitter.com/IntifadaBatata/status/1246476067499622402">https://twitter.com/IntifadaB...
Today I’m sharing not one #PoemADay but four, by Zaina Alsous @diasporadical_z
#ArabAmericanHeritageMonth
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#ArabAmericanHeritageMonth
#PoetryMonth https://aaww.org/memory-of-figment/">https://aaww.org/memory-of...
Because these days we need more poetry, today I again share four poems for #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth + #PoetryMonth. Today, a focus on #DC with poet and @SplitThisRock Executive Director @rashaabdulhadi, published by @BeltwayPoetry: http://www.beltwaypoetry.com/four-poems-abdulhadi/">https://www.beltwaypoetry.com/four-poem...
Some days we distract & run from pain, but some days we are forced to sit and burrow deep in the <3 of it. So grateful to Mohja @ProfKahf for immortalizing sweet Halla in @Mizna_ArabArt. This poem burns deep.
#ArabAmericanHeritageMonth #PoetryMonth https://twitter.com/Mizna_ArabArt/status/1216389588295520257">https://twitter.com/Mizna_Ara...
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For all the Tetas, and especially for each Palestinian sitty, today the #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth + #PoetryMonth #PoemADay is "A Refugee Grows Old" by @zeina3azzam in the stupendous recent collection from @corditepoetry http://cordite.org.au/poetry/bayt/a-refugee-grows-old/">https://cordite.org.au/poetry/ba...
“the violence along social fracture-lines, anarcho-capital circulating at infinite speed, returning to itself even
before taking leave of itself”
—
“Of What We Know Now,”
our Easter
#ArabAmericanHeritageMonth + #PoetryMonth #PoemADay by Lawrence Joseph https://kenyonreview.org/journal/julyaug-2017/selections/lawrence-joseph/">https://kenyonreview.org/journal/j...
before taking leave of itself”
—
“Of What We Know Now,”
our Easter
#ArabAmericanHeritageMonth + #PoetryMonth #PoemADay by Lawrence Joseph https://kenyonreview.org/journal/julyaug-2017/selections/lawrence-joseph/">https://kenyonreview.org/journal/j...
today, "love poem for the newly out" by @ZeynJoukhadar from the @corditepoetry "bayt" http://cordite.org.au/poetry/bayt/love-poem-for-the-newly-out/
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#PoetryMonth
#PoemADay
Zeyn is guest editing next issue of @Mizna_ArabArt & submissions close tomorrow! yalla submit! https://twitter.com/ZeynJoukhadar/status/1243925176447893506">https://twitter.com/ZeynJoukh...
https://cordite.org.au/poetry/ba... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/ArabAmericanHeritageMonth"> #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth
#PoetryMonth
#PoemADay
Zeyn is guest editing next issue of @Mizna_ArabArt & submissions close tomorrow! yalla submit! https://twitter.com/ZeynJoukhadar/status/1243925176447893506">https://twitter.com/ZeynJoukh...
just finished up at a virtual open mic night, so tonight sharing this immortal set by an OG Goddess for so many of us, @yosuheirhammad. Grateful to @ArabAmericanMus for this archived performance of hers from 2009:
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#PoetryMonth https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/suheir-hammad-performed-live/id430587826?mt=10">https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes...
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Deadline for the 2021 Etel Adnan Poetry Prize is extended to 5/1! https://www.uapress.com/eteladnanpoetryseries/
Hard">https://www.uapress.com/eteladnan... to understate the impact she has had. I& #39;m taking a moment today to be inspired by her visual poetry. What a trailblazer. #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth #PoetryMonth https://hyperallergic.com/321709/etel-adnans-vibrant-visual-poems/">https://hyperallergic.com/321709/et...
Hard">https://www.uapress.com/eteladnan... to understate the impact she has had. I& #39;m taking a moment today to be inspired by her visual poetry. What a trailblazer. #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth #PoetryMonth https://hyperallergic.com/321709/etel-adnans-vibrant-visual-poems/">https://hyperallergic.com/321709/et...
"IN THE CITY IT’S FLESH" by @nalsamarrai is the #PoemADay #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth #PoetryMonth https://cosmonautsavenue.com/noor-al-samarrai-city-flesh/">https://cosmonautsavenue.com/noor-al-s...
Not one but nine(!) #PoemADay from Jack Marshall for #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth #PoetryMonth
Which one is your favorite?
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Which one is your favorite?
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"in another dimension i am a good daughter" by @JessRiz was yesterday& #39;s #PoemADay. it is biting. Evokes themes in Nadine Naber& #39;s book Arab America: Gender, Cultural Politics, and Activism
#ArabAmericanHeritageMonth + #PoetryMonth https://twitter.com/JessRiz/status/1113102377199038464">https://twitter.com/JessRiz/s...
#ArabAmericanHeritageMonth + #PoetryMonth https://twitter.com/JessRiz/status/1113102377199038464">https://twitter.com/JessRiz/s...
note: @JessRiz was the inaugural winner of the Etel Adnan Poetry Prize. Buy this beautiful book! https://www.uapress.com/product/the-magic-my-body-becomes/">https://www.uapress.com/product/t...
"One of the Ways that We Show Our Age" by @PeterTwal
#PoemADay #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth + #PoetryMonth
https://kenyonreview.org/kr-online-issue/2015-fall/selections/peter-twal-763879/
(the">https://kenyonreview.org/kr-online... 2nd Etel Adnan winner, buy his book!) https://www.uapress.com/product/our-earliest-tattoos/">https://www.uapress.com/product/o...
#PoemADay #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth + #PoetryMonth
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Watch "Al Bahr" by @tariqLuthun, the #PoemADay
#ArabAmericanHeritageMonth + #PoetryMonth
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His">https://www.youtube.com/watch... book, How the Water Holds Me, is out tomorrow!
#ArabAmericanHeritageMonth + #PoetryMonth
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Today is the day @laypay& #39;s much-anticipated DELUGE comes to us! Here is a poem from the collection to celebrate: #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth #PoetryMonth https://twitter.com/laypay/status/1252227794878201856">https://twitter.com/laypay/st...
Not sure what y& #39;all are doing tonight, but I am partying: https://twitter.com/CosturaCreative/status/1250434541761617922">https://twitter.com/CosturaCr...
go get your hands on these magnificent books! it can& #39;t be said enough: what a time for Arab American poetry.... https://twitter.com/RAWInews/status/1252613308185804801">https://twitter.com/RAWInews/...
What a joy to hear the @YPPLaureate Naomi Shihab Nye read "live" last night. The last time I had such an opportunity was 2003! She still is ever gracious. #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth #PoetryMonth
On #EarthDay50 I& #39;m listening to her poem "Two Countries" https://onbeing.org/poetry/two-countries/">https://onbeing.org/poetry/tw...
On #EarthDay50 I& #39;m listening to her poem "Two Countries" https://onbeing.org/poetry/two-countries/">https://onbeing.org/poetry/tw...
"coming of age in arabish" by Mejdulene B. Shomali
"alif alive at the beginning
the first letter, the end
daad heavy D a dud
like the first stranger you kissed
...
ya yeah yeah a fist puncture
a cry, a beckoning"
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"alif alive at the beginning
the first letter, the end
daad heavy D a dud
like the first stranger you kissed
...
ya yeah yeah a fist puncture
a cry, a beckoning"
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I& #39;ve been waiting all #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth + #PoetryMonth to highlight
@PhilipMetres. Named a Guggenheim Fellow earlier this month, today I& #39;m celebrating the release of Shrapnel Maps! Can& #39;t wait to read it! https://twitter.com/PhilipMetres/status/1252611378944315393">https://twitter.com/PhilipMet...
@PhilipMetres. Named a Guggenheim Fellow earlier this month, today I& #39;m celebrating the release of Shrapnel Maps! Can& #39;t wait to read it! https://twitter.com/PhilipMetres/status/1252611378944315393">https://twitter.com/PhilipMet...
APOKALUPTEIN by Hayan Charara
"Today, which poems will cause institutions to fail?
Who worries about that?"
#ArabAmericanHeritageMonth
#PoetryMonth https://theadroitjournal.org/issue-twenty-five/issue-twenty-five-hayan-charara/">https://theadroitjournal.org/issue-twe...
"Today, which poems will cause institutions to fail?
Who worries about that?"
#ArabAmericanHeritageMonth
#PoetryMonth https://theadroitjournal.org/issue-twenty-five/issue-twenty-five-hayan-charara/">https://theadroitjournal.org/issue-twe...
Today I& #39;m reading "Coordinates," the latest publication of @LKTuffaha, who inspired this thread :)
http://www.jubilat.org/jubilat/archive/issue37/coordinates/">https://www.jubilat.org/jubilat/a...
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