Poetry & Literature
{jcomments on} On the memory of Balfour declaration on the 2d of November 1917 I wrote the following poem Palestinian poet Iqbal Tamimi That’s not fair In 1917 A man by the name of Balfour From a very far land called Britain Offered total... Read more
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Tweet {jcomments on} No people in the world manifest such enthusiastic admiration for literary expression and are so moved by the word, spoken or written, as the Arabs. Modern audiences in Baghdad, Damascus and Cairo can be stirred to the... Read more
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Tweet {jcomments on} In The Thing about Feathers, Arab-American poet and playwright Nathalie Handal invokes the powerful emotions of those who flee their homelands. An excerpt from her upcoming book “Poet in Andalucia.”
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The Drum, the national centre for Black British culture and arts, dedicated to developing and promoting the contemporary art and culture of British African, Asian and Caribbean communities is celebrating the centenary of the birth of the... Read more
By Iqbal Tamimi Do not open the diary: I’m afraid the birds Carrying the sugar plantations under their wings Will fly away
Read moreBy Iqbal Tamimi Your absence creeps up on me, Peeping through my sleepy eyes, Yawning from the look of surprise. Did you return …. to apologize?
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I am just a number within an armyof unlucky ones,killed by the poison of their own ink,and the stupidity of their own fingers
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By Iqbal Tamimi Written for the memory of my Iraqi colleague Atwar Bahjat who was killed while reporting from Iraq. The bed of defeat has always been feminine. Ever since the sky was within reach a woman fluffing a wombless vanilla pillow... Read more
By Iqbal Tamimi Take me home When I’m dead I am crowded by corpses Occupying me A long queue of departed loved ones Are still marching in One after the other Changing me from within While one of my eyes Is teasing the other Hiding its... Read more
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Once upon a time, here was a mother, a child, and there was a green green Palestine, recites Iqbal Tamimi. Once upon a time There was a home for every mother And neighbours used to love each other Once upon a time There was a green... Read more