Today on ArabLit, the inimitable Maya Abu al-Hayyat. arablit.org/2025/02/05/may…

"We need of a lot of teenagers in order to liberate Palestine..." so many great lines in this interview get the novel arablit.org/2025/02/05/may…

Maya Abu al-Hayyat, interviewed by Layla Faraj ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social: t.ly/O2ymc

Only in Fairuz songs do lovers part in the winter or at a crossroads In reality love ends without much noise love ends when pain comes to its end arablit.org/2025/02/05/may…

MAYA: In writing, I'm one of the most courageous women in disclosing Palestinian reality. In reality, I'm a big coward...I survived bc of this space, allowing me to live bw lies & truth, making me believe I swing bw the 2 undetected. Cleveland State University Poetry Center arablit.org/2025/02/05/may…

#PoemaDelDía Hoy estamos leyendo "Miedo", de Maya Al-Hayyat Maya Abu Al-hayyat (Palestina, 1980) tinyurl.com/27pvav5f Círculo de Poesía Círculo de #poesía (México, 7 de mayo de 2023, trad. de Gustavo Osorio de Ita). #poetry #Palestine #poem #libros

“Losing a parent is one of the hardest things, no matter your age or how close you were. It leaves a permanent chill in your heart.” Shared some thoughts on my novel in this interview with ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social. Thankful for the great convo🪁 arablit.org/2025/04/07/lon…

“Do you know a road for loss / that doesn’t end / in a settlement?“ — Maya Abu Al-Hayyat . . . This poem appeared in You Can Be the Last Leaf by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat and Fady Joudah, published by Milkweed Editions, 2022. Shared here with deep gratitude.

Delighted to see 𝙉𝙤 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙆𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝘽𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙏𝙮𝙥𝙚 among the finalists for a Big Other Award for Translation! bigother.com/2025/04/22/ann…

Love that line so much. So grateful to Badar joyless Salem for telling us about this novel.

Tr. Fady Joudah available through our bookstore as always with all proceeds donated to The Sameer Project …n-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/collections/wo…

Fady Joudah The Sameer Project “Sooner or later, all leaves fall to the ground. You can be the last leaf. You can convince the universe that you pose no threat to the tree’s life.”

Fady Joudah The Sameer Project "In love, one loses something / The other, who loses everything / deserves the title of lover."

Today’s poem is selected by Nur Turkmani as part of the 20th anniversary of Read A Little Poetry. “I Suffer a Phobia Called Hope” appeared in You Can Be the Last Leaf by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat, translated by Fady Joudah, published by Milkweed Editions, 2022.

“The grieving have only the unknown. It’s their only staple and inheritance. Pain has no logic. All things redeem the grieving except your rational questions.” — Maya Abu Al-Hayyat, from "I Suffer a Phobia Called Hope"

So thrilled to see Maya Abu Al-Hayyat's novel NO ONE KNOWS THEIR BLOOD TYPE, trans. Hazem Jamjoum, on the shortlist for the Palestine Book Awards