The poetry of Arab women : a contemporary anthology

Bestselling poetry anthology back in print. Winner of the PEN Oakland Literary Award. Arab women poets work within one of the oldest literary traditions in the world, yet they are virtually unknown in the West. In assembling this collection, Nathalie Handal has compiled an outstanding, important treasury that introduces the poetry of Arab women living all over the world, writing in Arabic, French, English, and other languages, and including some of the twentieth century’s most accomplished poets as well as today’s most exciting new voices. Translated by distinguished translators and poets from around the world, The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology showcases the work of 83 poets, among them Etel Adnan, Andrée Chedid, Salma Khadra Jayyusi, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Fadwa Tuqan. With an illuminating introduction by Handal, and extensive biographies of both poets and translators, The Poetry of Arab Women sheds brilliant light on a hitherto under-recognized group of talented poets. Hold my hand and take me to the heart for I prefer your home, oh poetry. —excerpted from Small Sins by Maram Masri (Syria) Arab women poets work within one of the oldest literary traditions in the world, yet they are virtually unknown in the West. In assembling this collection, Nathalie Handal has compiled an outstanding, important treasury that introduces the poetry of Arab women living all over the world, writing in Arabic, French, English, and other languages, and including some of the twentieth century’s most accomplished poets as well as today’s most exciting new voices. Translated by distinguished translators and poets from around the world, The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology showcases the work of 82 poets, among them Etel Adnan, Andrée Chedid, Salma Khadra Jayyusi, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Fadwa Tuqan. With an illuminating introduction by Handal, and extensive biographies of both poets and translators, The Poetry of Arab Women sheds brilliant light on a hitherto under-recognized group of talented poets. A Collection Of Poems By Arab Women. Elmaz Abi-nader -- Huda Ablan -- Fawziyya Abu-khalid -- Zulaykha Abu-risha -- Etel Adnan -- Laila Allush -- Lamea Abbas Amara -- Aisha Arnaout -- S.v. Atalla -- Thérèse Awwad -- Fadhila Chabbi -- Andrée Chedid -- Siham Daoud -- Safaa Fathy -- Mona Fayad -- Claire Gebeyli -- Nujoum Al-ghanim -- Nada El-hage -- Laila Halaby -- Suheir Hammad -- Nathalie Handal -- Dima Hilal -- Hoda Hussein -- Donia El-amal Ismail -- Enayat Jaber -- Annemarie Jacir -- Salma Khadra Jayyusi -- Amal Al-juburi -- Joanna Kadi -- Mohja Kahf -- Pauline Kaldas -- Fatma Kandil -- Dhabya Khamees -- Hamda Khamees -- Nidaa Khoury -- Vénus Khoury-ghata -- Wafaa Lamrani -- Fatima Mahmoud -- Lisa Suhair Majaj -- Nazik Al-malaika -- Zakiyya Malallah -- Thurayya Malhas -- Al-zahra Al-mansouri -- Maram Masri -- D.h. Melhem -- Iman Mersal -- Dunya Mikhail -- Hala Mohammad -- Brenda J. Moossy -- Rawia Morra -- Amal Moussa -- Saadyya Muffarreh -- Habiba Muhammadi -- May Muzaffar -- Houda Al-namani -- Salwa Al-neimi -- Adele Ne Jame -- Naomi Shihab Nye -- Maysoun Saqr Al-qasimi -- Michaela Raen -- Nadia Hazboun Reimer -- Suad Al-mubarak Al-sabah -- Doris Safie -- Amina Said -- Laila Al-saih -- Saniyya Saleh -- Munia Samara -- Ghada Al-samman -- Mona Saudi -- Mai Sayigh -- Sekeena Shaben -- Ghada El-shafai -- Deema K. Shehabi -- Fawziyya Al-sindi -- Sumaiya El-sousy -- Lina Tibi -- Nadia Tueni -- Fadwa Tuqan -- Najaat Al-udwany -- Thurayya Al-urayyid -- Lorene Zarou-zouzounis -- Amira Al-zein -- Sabah Al-kharrat Zwein. Edited By Nathalie Handal. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Chiefly Translated From Arabic. Arab women poets work within one of the oldest literary traditions in the world, yet they are virtually unknown in the West. Uniting Arab women poets from the all over the Arab World anti abroad, Nathalie Handal has put together an outstanding collection that introduces poets who write in Arabic, French, English, and Swedish, among them some of the twentieth century's most accomplished poets and today's most exciting new voices.Translated by distinguished translators and poets from around the world, The Poetry of Arab Women showcases the work of 82 poets, among them: Etel Adnan, Andre Chedid, Salma Khadra Jayyusi, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Fadwa Tuqan. With help from Arab groups and periodicals "...Handal has gathered work from "most of the older and newer contemporary voices" of the Arab diaspora over 80 poets writing in Arabic, French, English and other languages, and living in Syria, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Yemen, Gaza and the U.S. Handal's introduction, along with biographical notes on the poets and many translators, helps to place them." -- Publishers Weekly reaches down like a hood and meets the horizon on my left and right, although the shades are pulled and the windows are shut to paper, weed, wind blowing passed the house-although the solid blue sky is the slate on which each mountain and hill are drawn in exactness, I wait.