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Wednesday Poetry: Maysara Salah El-Din's 'The True Friend'
If I find the ghoul / I’ll put him at the entrance to the building / where the security guard stands
Jan 7
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Wednesday Poetry: Dalia Taha's 'Enter Questions'
Death oversalts our mouths with questions.
Dec 17, 2025
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Wednesday Poetry: Aya Nabih's 'Deconstruction'
The fossilized hours / are as harsh as a wall, / are like my poems: / pointless.
Dec 3, 2025
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Wednesday Poetry: 'A Song for Crossing the River Twice' by Mohammad Albdelbari
Autumn arrives, / gold and gold unite: / color and soul.
Nov 19, 2025
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Wednesday Poetry: The Experience, by Hoda Omran
Dear death, you will survive.
Nov 19, 2025
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Wednesday Poetry: Everything Knows You Will Rise, by Ghassan Zaqtan
the roads that led to your dreams / lie shattered, splayed / like corpses on the arid ground.
Nov 12, 2025
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Wednesday Poetry: 'Rewaa, My Beloved…' by Asmaa Dwaima
Your dimples no longer deepen with teasing laughter; your brows no longer rise in anger or frustration.
Nov 5, 2025
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Wednesday Poetry: Fady Joudah's 'Concentric Circles'
Will you let life live its life, the sport / of souls seeking / a tiny sphere for an ordinary farewell?
Oct 29, 2025
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