The twenty-third poem in our Palestine Advent series is Without Mercy, by Mourid Barghouti, translated by Radwa Ashour. Without Mercy, … More
Tag: Mourid Barghouti
What you read in 2019
Here are my most popular blog posts of 2019. As you will have seen, I am taking a brief sabbatical … More
Advent poems 13: from Midnight by Mourid Barghouti
To the victoriousI will send an unsettling messageand these simple questions:enemies,something gives me reason to doubt.All the gods of Olympussupport … More
Not a ‘thin’ year for poetry
It was one of those throwaway remarks made by one writer, male, to another, ditto, in one of those books … More
Lifesaving Poems 