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June 2025

Poem #22. He Who Attains High Rank Bears No Hatred [لا يحمل الحقد من تعلو به الرتب]
From Slave to Knight: The Legendary Rise of One of the Greatest Poets of the Arabic World. Poem by Antarah ibn Shaddad [عنترة بن شداد]
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Poem #21. You are beautiful, like a liberated homeland [أَنتِ جَمِيلَةٌ كَوَطَنٍ مُحَرَّر]
Love and War; By the Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti [مريد البرغوثي], translated by The Scholar.
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Poem #20. Oh You Who Knocks the Door [يا طارق الباب]
By Ghazi Al Gosaibi [غازي القصيبي], translated by The Scholar.
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Poem #19. You Have Your Lebanon and I Have My Lebanon [لكم لبنانكم ولي لبناني]
A Glimpse into some of Gibran Khalil Gibran’s [جبران خليل جبران] Lebanese Work; Translated in Full by the Scholar
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May 2025

Poem #18. An Admirer [مُعجب]
by Karim Al Iraqi [كريم العراقي], translated by The Scholar (+ some Arabic words for love expressed through poetry and literature)
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Poem #17. I Am From There [​أنا من هناك]
by Mahmoud Darwish [محمود درويش], translated by The Scholar
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The Cost of Being Vulnerable
How the demand for trauma narratives does more harm than good
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Poem #16. A Mother's Heart [​قلب الأم]
by Ibrahim Al-Mundhir [إبراهيم المنذر], translated by The Scholar
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Poem #15. Where is the Escape? [أين المفر؟]
By Ahmed Matar, translated by The Scholar
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Poem #14. Think of Others [فكر بغيرك]
By Mahmoud Darwish, translated by The Scholar.
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