Nothing More To Lose
by Najwan Darwish, translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid
Buy on AmazonNothing More to Lose is the first collection of poems by Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish to appear in English. Hailed across the Arab world and beyond, Darwish’s poetry walks the razor’s edge between despair and resistance, between dark humor and harsh political realities. With incisive imagery and passionate lyricism, Darwish confronts themes of equality and justice while offering a radical, more inclusive, rewriting of what it means to be both Arab and Palestinian living in Jerusalem, his birthplace. This English-only edition does not include the poems in their original language.
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"Deftly translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid, Najwan Darwish’s Nothing More to Lose is a passionate collection of short poems written between 2000 and 2014, uniting a wide range of subjects with a heartbreaking love for people, places and poetry. Traveling from Brazil to Palestine, Darwish explores matters of family, tragedy and identity in a marvelously flexible voice suited to both celebrations and laments."
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