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URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/ruins-and-other-poems-by-samer-abu-
 hawwash-translating-palestinian-poetry-in-a-time-of-genocide/
SUMMARY:Ruins and Other Poems by Samer Abu Hawwash: Translating Palestinian
  Poetry in a Time of Genocide
DESCRIPTION:Philadelphia\, PA \n\nIn these poems\, Samer Abu Hawwash stand
 s upon ancient and modern ruins\, engaging with the archetypal Arabic qasi
 da and its echoes in the present\, set against a backdrop of exile\, displ
 acement\, and genocide.\n\nThe site of the ruin\, the journey\, and the re
 turn home are the three movements of the archetypal Arabic form with which
  Samer contends in his book-length poem. Writing in and from the moment of
  crisis\, the poet keeps returning to ruins\, forfeiting the journey and t
 he hope of return and resolution\, rearranging the elements of poetry in t
 he Arabic tradition in search of closure or consolation—in a gesture\, a
  shadow\, a memory\, an object. The five poems that follow “Ruins” in 
 this book root themselves in monumental loss. When “it no longer matters
  if anyone loves us” and “we will lose this war\,” nothing remains b
 ut the poem\, the witness\, the signpost in the wasteland of history.
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