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آئرلینڈ سے داستانِ خروج

July 16, 2024

مروان مخول میں آئرلینڈ پہنچا تو میرا کوٹ چِلا یاتم تو چلے گئے ، صاحب!مجھے گھر بھول گئے!شاید وہ بد دعا تھیکیونکہ،جلیل میں میرے اہلِ خانہ کے اوپر میزائل بغل گیر تھےجب میں نے بادلِ نخواستہ قبول کیاینمری کی دعوتاور اپنی نظمیں سنانے آیا، یہاں،دور بیٹھے لوگوں کونظمیں، جنہیں سنتے ہی مقامی مترجم خیانت کر…

Exodus from Ireland

July 16, 2024

Marwan Makhoul Hindi translation by Richa Nagar | Urdu translation by Abdul Aijaz & Gwendolyn Kirk I arrived in Ireland and my coat cried out:You’ve gone abroad, my friend, but left me at home!Perhaps it was an omen,for missiles were embracing over my familyin Galilee, when I weakened and accepted Annemarie’s invitation.I came to read…

కొత్త గాజా

April 22, 2024

ఇంక సమయం లేదు అమ్మ పొట్టలోనే ఇంకొద్దిసేపు ఉందామని అనుకోవద్దు నా చిట్టితండ్రీ, తొందరగా వచ్చెయ్ నీకోసం ఆత్రంగా ఎదురు చూస్తున్నాననే కాదు యుద్ధం ఉదృతమవుతున్నది ఆలస్యంచేస్తే ఈ దేశాన్ని నువ్వెట్లా చూడాలని ఆశపడ్డానో అలా చూడలేవోమోనని నాకు భయంగా ఉంది. … నీ దేశం మట్టి కాదు రానున్న సంకటాన్ని ముందే ఊహించి చచ్చిపోయిన సమద్రమూ కాదు: నీ దేశం అంటే నీ జనం. వచ్చి నీ దేశాన్ని తెలుసుకో బాంబులు ఛిద్రం చేసిన నీ…

Նոր Գազա

April 22, 2024

Էլ ժամանակ չկա, Ուրեմն էլ մի մնա մորդ փորում, փոքրիˊկս, շուտ ծնվիր, չէˊ, ոչ նրա համար, որ փափագում եմ քեզ, այլ, որովհետև մոլեգնում է պատերազմը, վախենում եմ, որ չհասցնես տեսնել երկիրը քո, ինչպես կուզեի, որ տեսնեիր։ ․․․ Հող չէ երկիրը քո ու ոչ էլ ծով, որ կանխազգաց մեր բախտը ու մեռավ․ սա է ժողովուրդդ, Արիˊ,…

“We can do everything, but we can’t do it all at once”: Motherhood, Children’s Books, and Activism in Conversation with Madelaine Cahuas

April 19, 2024

Fatemeh Nasr Esfahani & Wendy Lutter with Madelaine Cahuas   Madelaine: Good morning. Hi, everyone! How are you all doing?[1]This conversation took place on December 1st, 2023, via Zoom, from 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM. Fatemeh: We’re doing great. We’re so excited that you can give us some time. Madelaine: Thank you. Fatemeh: Ok, so…

Making Home, Not Taking It: Anti-Imperialism and Anti-Zionism from South Africa Today

March 3, 2024

By Koni Benson This article was originally published on African Arguments (February 17, 2024), and is republished here with the author’s permission.  It is common to hear people say that history repeats itself, but history does not repeat itself; people repeat themselves, which is why it is important to place the struggle for Palestinian liberation,…

The Gatherer’s Call: For the Love of Prayer and Protest

February 6, 2024

By Humera Afridi Power, kinship, beauty, and grace evince themselves in unified, embodied supplication. Hope and victory reside in solidarity. This protest was prayer in action.   There is a certain magic to Jummah. That midday hour on Friday is imbued with a sweetness which on some lucky Fridays extends a numinous quality all the…

Stories, Healing, Transformation: A Conversation with Amoke Kubat

January 19, 2024

In October 2023, Amoke Kubat—artist, storyteller, activist, and performer—visited Approaches to Knowledge and Truth: Ways of Knowing in Development Studies and Social Change, a graduate seminar organized and facilitated by Richa Nagar through the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change at the University of Minnesota. The participants—Lindsey Willow Smith, Kaeda Sabrewing, Somayeh Nikoonazari,…

غزه ی جدید

January 6, 2024

Marwan Makhou شاعر: مترجم: کیانا کاظمی مجالی نیست در رحم مادرت تعلل مکن پسرکم بشتاب نه چون بی تاب توام که جنگ شعله ورست می هراسم که مبادا نبینی سرزمینت را چونان که من برایت آرزو داشته ام. … سرزمین تو نه خاکی است و نه دریاییست که سرنوشت تو را دیده و مرده باشد…

Brownness and Being in the Twenty-First Century

December 15, 2023

By Joy Mazahreh   Brown.ness (n.)Being Brown;The state of being reduced to storing corpses in ice cream trucks;Or pleading for help in English at a “press conference” in front of Al-Shifa Hospital (held by children);Or trying to convince the world that you are dying by showing the corpses of loved ones on camera   Teta…