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To Write Poetry After Gaza is a Necessity

To Write Poetry After Gaza is a Necessity

Huda Fakhreddine on Paul Celan and How Gaza Translates the World

By Huda Fakhreddine | August 28, 2025

“Old Song,” a Poem by Nima Hasan

“Old Song,” a Poem by Nima Hasan

Huda Fakhreddine: “A real poem is never only of the moment. A real poem defeats time, every time.”

By Nima Hasan | August 15, 2025

“What Zarqaʾ al-Yamama Didn’t Say,” a Poem by Mohamed Abdelbari

“What Zarqaʾ al-Yamama Didn’t Say,” a Poem by Mohamed Abdelbari

Translated and Introduced by Huda Fakhreddine

By Mohammad Abdelbari and Huda Fakhreddine | December 18, 2024

Campus Repression and Remixing Proust (lol): This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast

Campus Repression and Remixing Proust (lol): This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast

Huda Fakhreddine Talks to Dan Sheehan and More

By The Lit Hub Podcast | September 20, 2024

Intifada: On Being an Arabic Literature Professor in a Time of Genocide

Intifada: On Being an Arabic Literature Professor in a Time of Genocide

“How difficult and treacherous our paths are, always, within this country and its institutions.”

By Huda Fakhreddine | August 29, 2024

“The Final City.” A Poem by Samer Abu Hawwash, translated by Huda Fakhreddine

“The Final City.” A Poem by Samer Abu Hawwash, translated by Huda Fakhreddine

“by your small bed / torn apart by monsters, / I stand naked, / stripped of myself / and of everything.”

By Samer Abu Hawwash and Huda Fakhreddine | May 24, 2024

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“From the River to the Sea.” A Poem by Samer Abu Hawwash, translated by Huda Fakhreddine

By Samer Abu Hawwash and Huda Fakhreddine | April 1, 2024

“Holy Land, Wasted.” A Poem by Ahmad Almallah and Huda Fakhreddine

By Ahmad Almallah and Huda Fakhreddine | January 24, 2024