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
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
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
On this Land by Mahmoud Darwish
“On this land, is what makes life worth living: / on this land is the lady of the land, the mother / of beginnings and endings. She was named Palestine.” — Mahmoud Darwish
Think of Others by Mahmoud Darwish
"As you liberate yourself in metaphor, think of others / (those who have lost the right to speak)." — Mahmoud Darwish