Poets & Traitors Press
Advances in Embroidery
Ahmad Al-Ashqar
Original poems | Translations of Mahmoud Darwish
Advances in Embroidery is the author’s effort to bridge his experience as a Palestinian poet of the diaspora with that of one who had been inspired by the land, written about the land, and lived on the land itself. Ahmad Al-Ashqar’s translations of Mahmoud Darwish’s lesser-known poems engage in a dialogue with his own energetic poetry to underscore universal themes of humanity that transcend nationalism, resistance, and other symbols typically associated with Palestinian identity.
- Series
- Sandwich Series #1
- Publication
- November 3, 2017
- ISBN
- 978-0-9990737-0-4
- Price
- $15
About Ahmad Al-Ashqar
Ahmad Al-Ashqar is a nomadic, romantic, obsessive Palestinian-American poet, translator, and educator. He was born in Kuwait, but soon after his birth, at the start of the Gulf War, his family was displaced first to Jordan and then to the United States. He spent much of his life in Chicago, where he remained close to his traditions and roots in a large, thriving Palestinian community. Ahmad first fell in love with language through rap music and spoken word, before discovering his love for written poetry. After graduating from the University of Illinois at Chicago, he moved to Dubai to teach English, before returning to the U.S. to complete an MFA in Creative Writing at the New School. He now lives in Chicago.
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