Golan Haji: A Note on Syrian Poetry Today
Jan 30, 2019•8 min
Listen to this episode in Metacast mobile app
Don't just listen to podcasts. Learn from them with transcripts, summaries, and chapters for every episode. Skim, search, and bookmark insights. Learn more
Episode description
This week, the podcast widens its focus and steps beyond our boundaries for a moment to acknowledge the civil war in Syria through the Arabic writings of Golan Haji, translated by Stephen Watts.
Haji is originally from the Kurdish town of Amouda, on the border of Turkey. The excerpted essay was written five and a half years ago, when the Syrian war was well into its second year.
Text:
A Note on Syrian Poetry & Autumn here is magical and vast, Golan Haji, translated by Stephen Watts. Words Without Borders.
A Tree Whose Name I don’t Know, by Golan Haji, translated by Stephen Watts. A Midsummer Night’s Press, 2017.
For the best experience, listen in Metacast app for iOS or Android