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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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 thrivehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧿" title="Nazar amulet" aria-label="Emoji: Nazar amulet">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Red heart" aria-label="Emoji: Red heart">
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...
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-...
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 @IntifadaBatatahttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥳" title="Partying face" aria-label="Emoji: Partying face">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...
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...
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/
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...
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...
Not one but nine(!) #PoemADay from Jack Marshall for #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth #PoetryMonth

Which one is your favorite?
http://shj.kysoflash.com/MarshallPortfolio.aspx">https://shj.kysoflash.com/MarshallP...
"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...
Watch "Al Bahr" by @tariqLuthun, the #PoemADay
#ArabAmericanHeritageMonth + #PoetryMonth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37AyHdWB_MA
His">https://www.youtube.com/watch... book, How the Water Holds Me, is out tomorrow!
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...
"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"
#ArabAmericanHeritageMonth #PoetryMonth http://diodepoetry.com/shomali_mejdulene-b/">https://diodepoetry.com/shomali_m...
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...
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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