Results for "Abu-Zeid, Kareem James"

A selection of the exquisite, passionate verse of the Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish, superbly translated into English   Born in Jerusalem in 1978, Najwan Darwish is one of the most beloved poets of the Arabic-speaking world. In this definitive collection, which draws from seven published volu... Read More about No One Will Know You Tomorrow: Selected Poems, 2014-2024 (The Margellos World Republic of Letters)

A much-anticipated follow-up to Nothing More to Lose, this is only the second poetry collection translated into English from a vital voice of Arabic literature.“We drag histories behind us,” the Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish writes in Exhausted on the Cross, “here / where there’s neither land / no... Read More about Exhausted on the Cross

A brilliant new translation of the landmark poetry collection by “the most eloquent spokesman and explorer of Arabic modernity” (Edward Said) Written in the early 1960s, Songs of Mihyar the Damascene is widely considered to be the apex of the modernist poetry movement in the Arab world, a radical de... Read More about Songs of Mihyar the Damascene

Nothing More to Lose is the first collection of poems by Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish to appear in English. Hailed across the Arab world  and beyond, Darwish’s poetry walks the razor’s edge between despair and resistance, between dark humor and harsh political realities. With incisive imager... Read More about Nothing More to Lose (NYRB Poets)

A "poetic and immersive" (LitHub) debut novel from a rising Sudanese writer In a desperate attempt to save his mother and two sisters from famine and disease, a young man leaves his native village in Sudan and sets out alone to seek work in the city. This is the beginning of Hamza's long journey. H... Read More about Cities Without Palms

After coming to Vienna from Sudan to win a better life for himself, Hamza struggles to escape from the margins of society and the stigma of the immigrant. Following several years of hardship, his fortunes begin to change when he meets Sandra, a young Austrian woman, who shows him the Palm House. In ... Read More about The Palm House: A Modern Arabic Novel