Bibliograph

Hagar before the occupation, Hagar after the occupation, poems, by Amal al-Jubouri ; translated by Rebecca Gayle Howell with Husam Qaisi ; foreword by Alicia Ostriker

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Hagar before the occupation, Hagar after the occupation, poems, by Amal al-Jubouri ; translated by Rebecca Gayle Howell with Husam Qaisi ; foreword by Alicia Ostriker

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hagar before the occupation, Hagar after the occupation

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

709681425

Responsibility statement

by Amal al-Jubouri ; translated by Rebecca Gayle Howell with Husam Qaisi ; foreword by Alicia Ostriker

Series statement

Alice James Books Translation Series

Sub title

poems

Summary

This translation of Iraqi author Amal al-Jubouri contextualizes America's occupation of Iraq through the Qur'an's story of Hagar. Complementary pairs of poems portray life before and after the war. This work simultaneously mirrors Hagar's desperate running between Safa and Marwah, as we pace frantically between pre- and post-occupation Iraq--the poet begging in vain for poetry not to abandon her people

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