From the River to the Sea Ghenwa Hayek one where reality is creatively

one where reality is creatively rewritten”

cross-national affinities

by Samuel Shimon

Tamara just has to finish what began at her birth and put an end to the damage encoded in her blood

Salinger explores the vital function of art and the responsibility that ensues when art is not simply what we do but who we are

From the River to the Sea Ghenwa Hayek one where reality is creativelyThis new collection by Palestinian poet Samer Abu Hawwash was published in its original Arabic in the summer of 2024. The 24 poems are an intrepid literary journey into the genocide in Gaza, linking with Palestines long years of existential trauma, and documenting the universal human questions that so many are asking in todays world. Living, as he has done since being born in Lebanon in 1972, in a diaspora crowded with fellow Palestinians, the poet