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Yahia Lababidi

 Yahia Lababidi is an Arab-American writer of Palestinian background. He is the author of 12 books of poetry and prose, including most recently What Remains To Be Said (2025) a collection of his aphorisms composed over three decades. Lababidi’s new collection of poetry, Palestine Wail, is available from Daraja Press.

 

"Perfect Victims" by Mohammed El-Kurd: Unapologetically Walking Barefoot Over Glass

Mohammed El-Kurd’s “Perfect Victims” is not a book that seeks permission. It does not explain or apologize. It stands, instead, as a piercing intervention—a record of how the world looks
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New Poetry on Gaza: 'Why Care About Gaza?' and 'Stranger in a Strange Land'

Because you did not have to run out to hunt / for a spare tent in the middle of the night / — chest-constricted and frantic —
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'Waking Nightmares' and 'Overwhelming Emotion,' Two New Poems on Palestine

How is it that / life carries on, ' as they cry for us, / from under the rubble?
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The Art of Palestinian Resistance

“All beautiful poetry is an act of resistance,” wrote Mahmoud Darwish, the poet laureate of Palestine.
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'During a Genocide,' and Other Poems on Gaza

You will find that during a genocide most words lose their meaning Some sound empty & others strange
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