This is not a typical poetry book. Then again, nothing about author Nazik al-Mala’ika’s legacy as a poetess and a critic from Baghdad is typical or conformist. Her formally innovative, morally committed, and musically composed verses are an expression of Arab women’s awakened voice and conscious..
Norah Alkharashi
Norah Alkharasi is a Ph.D. Candidate at Université d'Ottawa. She specializes in literary translation and publishing. She works with modern Arabic literature, intercultural exchanges, agency and female authors. Recently, she was granted a 2020 Banff residency to translate short stories Everything Inside (2019) by Edwidge Danticat; to appear in Arabic the summer of 2021 by Dar Athar for Publishing