Palestine Advent

In 2024 I blogged a series of posts celebrating poems by Palestinian poets for Advent.

Here is the full list of poems in the series:

Palestine Advent 1: I Grant You Refuge, by Hiba Abu Nada, translated by Huda Fakhreddine

Palestine Advent 2: Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear, by Mosab Abu Toha

Palestine Advent 3: Others Are Us, by Natalie Handal

Palestine Advent 4: Movements, by Fatena Al-Gharra, translated by Anna Murison

Palestine Advent 5: I Suffer a Phobia Called Hope, by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat, translated by Fady Joudah

Palestine Advent 6: A Palestinian Might Say, by Naomi Shihab Nye

Palestine Advent 7: Siri as Mother, by Hala Alyan

Palestine Advent 8: Gaza Under Siege, by Yahya Ashour

Palestine Advent 9: At a Poetry Festival, by Najwan Darwish

Palestine Advent 10: Fuck Your Lecture on Craft, My People Are Dying, by Noor Hindi

Palestine Advent 11: Oh Rascal Children of Gaza, by Khaled Juma

Palestine Advent 12: Sermon (For Those Who Survive), by Tariq Luthun

Palestine Advent 13: Nine Spice Mix, by Zeina Azzam

Palestine Advent 14: Ekphrasis On “The New York Times” Headline “Understanding the Middle East Through the Animal Kingdom”, by Emily Khilfeh

Palestine Advent 15: Seeds in Flight, by Khaled Abdallah

Palestine Advent 16: Migrant Earth, by Deema K. Shehabi

Palestine Advent 17: Habibi Yamma, by Fady Joudah

Palestine Advent 18: In Gaza, Before It Was Killed, by Basman Dewari

Palestine Advent 19: Safe Harbor in Enemy Homes, Rasha Abdulhadi

Palestine Advent 20: From the River to the Sea, by Samer Abu Hawwash

Palestine Advent 21: Do you know what getting bombed by an F16 feels like?, by Tala Abu Rahmeh

Palestine Advent 22: Lemon Blossoms, by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

Palestine Advent 23: Without Mercy, by Mourid Barghouti

Palestine Advent 24: Revenge, by Taha Muhammad Ali