Kareem James Abu-Zeid translates poetry and novels from writers across the Arab world, including the forthcoming collection No One Will Know You Tomorrow by Najwan Darwish.
‘He said to me: / Love led me / to pity my own self, / to grieve it / with a vertical grief.’
Poetry by Najwan Darwish. Translated from the Arabic by Kareem James Abu-Zeid.
‘I’m not dead yet / so why are the mourners here?’
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