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An anthology of contemporary poetry connecting Palestinians across generations, languages, and borders.
A love song to Iraq and the body of earth we hold in common, Babylon, Albion is a compelling re-imagining of what it means to be native.
This work is an important achievement in clarifying the history and current importance of Black anarchism.
ABU JILDEH AND AL-ARMEET by Ma'touq Collective
150 x 210mm, 140 pages
Black & white printing
Incl. booklet insert
Perfect bound, Softcover
Arabic/English.
This rich, elegiac compilation of work from the late Palestinian poet and professor, Refaat Alareer, brings together his marvelous poetry and deeply human writing about literature, teaching, politics, and family.
Following the disappearance of her father, a teenage girl is forced to support her impoverished family by disguising herself as a boy, losing both her childhood and her identity in the process...
Victims of a Map presents some of their finest work in translation, alongside the original Arabic, including thirteen poems by Darwish never before published – in English or Arabic – and a long work by Adonis written during the 1982 siege of Beirut, also published here for the first time.
This richly illustrated volume explores creativity in twentieth-century Iraqi art through the art collection of a pioneer architect.
A candid, horrific, and deeply touching new collection of poems about life in Gaza by an award-winning Palestinian poet.