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The trees outside my balcony,
Remind me of the trees of Afghanistan
They are big green clouds that land on the ground to lift our spirits
and take them for a journey o…
Ibtisam Barakat
August 31, 2021
Rawan Anani / Courtesy of the artist A Palestinian-American writer reflects on pieces of Palestinian culture—embroidery, food, dance, a cartoon character—and how they help restore to her a deep a…
December 17, 2019Photo by T Foz / Unsplash Alphabets of My Heart Because I am from East and West a mother with two alphabets and I must not love one more than the other if they are to grow up and love each other…
December 11, 2019Photo by Kea Mowat on Unsplash Dear WLT Readers, I am thrilled to offer the following translation of “Eagle Poem” from English to Arabic in honor of poet Joy Harjo who, this year, was named…
May 8, 2019Photo by Eric Ward on Unsplash May 8, 2019 to Daniel Simon, Editor in Chief, World Literature Today Dear Daniel, It is with great pleasure that I write these words today to thank you and th…
July 3, 2017Wally Gobetz, “Unisphere,” Corona Park, Flushing Meadows, New York, June 4, 2006 The following is a transcription of the author’s TEDxCoMo talk given on May 31, 2017. My ac…
May 6, 2015Australian artist Peter Gould’s “Iqra Bookshelf” (2011). The word Iqra’ (“Read”) is deeply symbolic to Muslims, as it was the first word of revelation given to the Prophet Muha…
Photo by Mike Baird/Flickr Scribbles on the Poverty Line When I was a girl in a poor familywe hung our clothes to dry on the povertyline,and with it I jumped rope.My friends saw and joined me.We were…
