10 February 2014
“Defying the Universe” confronts the guilt of a husband leaving his family behind in Palestine. Read more about “Are your loved ones trapped behind the wall?” — new video of Samah Sabawi poem
New York City 1 October 2013
The writer paid particular attention to Palestinians in present-day Israel. Read more about Remembering Fouzi El-Asmar, poet of the Palestinian liberation struggle
Melbourne 8 August 2013
Revered poet was nourished by exile but questioned how art can be made in “brutal times.” Read more about The poetry of absence: remembering Mahmoud Darwish five years on
14 June 2013
Ghassan Zaqtan was nearly prevented from receiving award when Canada initially refused to issue him visa. Read more about Palestinian poet, translator win prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize
Chicago 10 June 2013
Poet Kevin Coval denounces Israeli rap star for “making Zionism chic.” Read more about Poet Kevin Coval: young Jews should stand with Palestine
15 May 2013
Remi Kanazi’s intimate poem honors his grandmother, who was forcibly displaced from her home in Palestine during the 1948 Nakba. Read more about WATCH: Remi Kanazi's new poem, "Nakba," about his grandmother's expulsion in 1948
1 May 2013
Iyad Hayatleh, a Palestinian poet raised in Damascus and now living in Britain, teamed up with Scottish literary figure Tessa Ransford. Read more about Five Pillars of Islam inspire humanitarian message in new bilingual poetry collection
27 February 2013
Protest and poetry are “inseparable twins,” according to a new Al Jazeera documentary series. Read more about Palestinians shouldn't be covered in "blanket of sadness," says poet
21 January 2013
Verse penned under Israeli occupation has been both revolutionary and introspective. Read more about Links between struggle and art probed in new book on Palestinian poets
Edinburgh 7 December 2012
Israel’s invasion of Lebanon in the 1980s shattered Palestinian dreams. Read more about Emerging from an “age of defeat”: interview with poet Ghassan Zaqtan