Ibtisam Barakat
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Rawan Anani / Courtesy of the artist A Palestinian-American writer reflects on pieces of Palestinian culture—embroidery, food, dance, a cartoon character—and how they help restore to her a... -
December 17, 2019 |
Photo by T Foz / Unsplash Alphabets of My Heart Because I am from East and West a mother with two alphabets and I must not love one more than the other if they are to grow up and love eac... -
December 11, 2019 |
Photo by Kea Mowat on Unsplash Dear WLT Readers, I am thrilled to offer the following translation of “Eagle Poem” from English to Arabic in honor of poet Joy Harjo who, this year, was... -
May 8, 2019 |
Photo by Eric Ward on Unsplash May 8, 2019 to Daniel Simon, Editor in Chief, World Literature Today Dear Daniel, It is with great pleasure that I write these words today to thank you... -
July 3, 2017 |
Wally Gobetz, “Unisphere,” Corona Park, Flushing Meadows, New York, June 4, 2006 The following is a transcription of the author’s TEDxCoMo talk given on May 31, 2017. My ac... -
May 6, 2015 |
Australian artist Peter Gould’s “Iqra Bookshelf” (2011). The word Iqra’ (“Read”) is deeply symbolic to Muslims, as it was the first word of revelation given to the Prophet Muha... -
Photo by Mike Baird/Flickr Scribbles on the Poverty Line When I was a girl in a poor familywe hung our clothes to dry on the povertyline,and with it I jumped rope.My friends saw and joined me.We were...
