a space for
Poetry.
Latest from the Poetryhood YouTube channel…Bayan AlMasri
Performed during a special Poetry Night event at SIKKA 2022
Latest from the Poetryhood Journal…
This Spirit
Poetry by Rania Kana’an
Painting by Noor Bahjat
You choose your resistance
and I’ll choose mine
A cactus fence
regrowing again and again
Even when it’s continuously dispensed
like hips starting in Falasteen and ending on Turtle Island
It is said that plants speak
through their roots
It is said that Palestinians
speak through theirs
A scarf originally from Al Koufa
a scar originally from birth
To parents displaced
to lands disgraced
You choose your resistance
and I’ll choose mine
A flag banned
red white green and black
Made into a watermelon
backed by poppies and an engrained map
You choose your resistance
and I’ll choose mine
Yaffa farmers
developing thick skin
To export oranges
way before this state of sin
Not all resistance is
bombs and guns
Some learned to play
with fruit and puns
And spirits so tough
they break tongues
Prick you with thorns
you thought have long gone
Reminding you that we can be
both sweet and strong
Reminding you that we will never
be-gone.
Latest from the Poetryhood Podcast…Faraz Ali
Faraz Ali is an Experiential Designer in the Public, Digital, and Poetic realms. Over the past decade, Faraz has been studying Urdu literature as a creative tradition and a sociocultural phenomenon.
Faraz also runs a research and performance-based project titled Zer Zabar Paesh, an ongoing digital platform where he curates a variety of artistic and literary subjects.
In this episode we learn about Ghazal poetry and the hidden wonders of this art.
Latest from the Poetryhood Short-Films…ها أنا أتعلم
Poetry & Voice of Samar Abdel Jaber
Music by Lama Kassem & Rachelle Ghanem
Animation by Ahmed Elkhalidi
Translation by Mustafa Salem
Mixing and Mastering by Jawad Chaaban
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