Omar Ziyadeh

Jan 25, 2024 | wordswithoutborders.org | Percy Bysshe Shelley |Omar Ziyadeh |Eric M. B. Becker

Refaat Alareer, former student Nadya Siyam notes, “generally loved Shakespeare and John Donne.” He frequently taught introductory courses on English literature, Shakespeare, Victorian literature, and poetry. Below, readers will find some of the works he returned to often.

Jan 23, 2024 | wordswithoutborders.org | Omar Ziyadeh |Olivia Elias |Nasser Rabah |Alexander Aguayo

In this excerpt from a longer poem of the same name, Omar Ziyadeh writes a searing elegy of these times from Palestine. Omar Ziyadeh reads from "Nobody Can Identify Their Own Remains" in the original Arabic (1)Sitting in front of the screen, my thoughts resemble a bombed hospital. Someone is digging,they dig inside of me endlessly for the last grave. Where is the ultimate resting place, the last grave of all happenings?