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Recommended poetry books (3)
Travel the world without leaving your chair. If you are into poetry here are some poetry books from Palestine for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.

1.

Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me: And Other Poems by Ghassan Zaqtan EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Palestine flag Palestine
Description:
A translation of the works of one of a key Palestinian poet contains his 10th and most recent poetry collection, along with selected earlier poems that illuminate the vision of what Arabic and Palestinian poetry are capable of.

2.

Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Asia / Palestine flag Palestine
Description:
Rifqa is Palestinian poet Mohammed El-Kurd's ode to his late grandmother, and to the Palestinian struggle for liberation. 'Jerusalem is ours.'

3.

The Twenty-Ninth Year by Hala Alyan EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Palestine flag Palestine
Description:
Wild, lyrical poems that examine the connections between physical and interior migration, from award-winning Palestinian American poet, novelist, and clinical psychologist Hala Alyan, author of Salt Houses.