DUAL Poetry Podcast

Translated by Atef Alshaer with Paul Batchelor.

This October the PTC published 'Embrace' a dual-language Arabic and English collection of poems by Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish, who has been called one of the foremost Arabic-language poets of his generation. This collection includes many new poems and was translated by Atef Alshaer with UK poet Paul Batchelor.

Listen to three poems from the collection in this podcast.

To get a copy of the book head to the PTC online shop: https://www.poetrytranslation.org/shop/embrace

Direct download: Najwan_Podcast.mp3
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Listen to two poems from the Poetry Translation Centre Archive: 'Taste' by Asha Lul Mohamud Yusuf translated by Said Jama Hussein with poet Clare Pollard and 'He Tells Tales of Meroe' by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, translated by Atef Alshaer and Rashid El Sheikh with poet Sarah Maguire, selected for Black History Month.

DEALS

Our Black History Month bundle features So At One With You, an anthology of modern poetry in Somali and He Tells Tales of Meroe: Poems for the Petrie Museum by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi from Sudan.

Buy it here: https://www.poetrytranslation.org/shop/black-history-month-bundle

ALSO use the code NAJWAN 2020 to get access to our Online Najwan Darwish ‘Embrace’ Launch event, a copy of the book plus postage and packaging all for £7: http://embrace-launch.eventbrite.com/

Direct download: BHM_2020_Podcast.mp3
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