Not Just Passing by Hiba Abu Nada
“You were first created out of love, / so carry nothing but love / to those who are trembling.” — Hiba Abu Nada
Like Lebanon by Farah Chamma
“I love you; four million in me / and fourteen more outside.” — Farah Chamma
A Bag of Perseverance by Shahd Alnaouq
“I fear I will stand at her funeral / before anyone stands at mine.” — Shahd Alnaouq
It No Longer Matters If Anyone Loves Us by Samer Abu Hawwash
“Hate-filled words have liberated us from our hearts, / in which we used to cherish the enchantments of love.” — Samer Abu Hawwash
Hand of War by Hosam Maarouf
“We hold war’s hand, / convinced that this is the last time / it waves catastrophe to us” — Hosam Maarouf
What I Will by Suheir Hammad
“Everyone can be / wrong. Life is a right not / collateral or casual.” — Suheir Hammad
Ode to Friendship by Noor Hindi
“My loves. You are the only people / I’d surrender my softness to.” — Noor Hindi
Love Poem by Ahmad Almallah
“yet there is always talk of Syria, there is always / talk of home” — Ahmad Almallah