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Poem #28. The Forbidden [ الممنوعات]
A Love Poem by the Renowned Egyptian Poet Ahmed Fouad Negm [أحمد فؤاد نجم] in Vernacular Egyptian, Translated by The Scholar
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Poem #27. I will resist [ سأقاوم]
by Samih al-Qasim [سميح القاسم], translated by The Scholar
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Poem #26. Here We Will Stay [ هنا باقون]
By the esteemed Palestinian poet Tawfiq Zayyad [توفيق زياد], accompanied by an account of the Palestinian expulsion from Lydda and Ramle and the 1948…
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Poem #25. Alone [وحدي]
by Mahmoud Darwish [محمود درويش], translated by The Scholar
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Poem #24. Identity Card [بطاقة هوية]
by Mahmoud Darwish [محمود درويش], translated by The Scholar
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Poem #23. Your Body Is My Map [​جسمك خارطتي]
Poem by Nizar Qabbani [نزار قباني], translated by The Scholar
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Poem #22. He Who Attains High Rank Bears No Hatred [لا يحمل الحقد من تعلو به الرتب]
From Slave to Knight: The Legendary Rise of One of the Greatest Poets of the Arabic World. Poem by Antarah ibn Shaddad [عنترة بن شداد]
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