Salma Khadra Jayyusi is a renowned Palestinian poet, critic, and literary historian whose books of poetry and criticism have been published worldwide. She is the founder and director of PROTA for the translation of Arabic literature into English and of East-West Nexus for studies of Arab civilization and its legacies. With forty books to her credit, she has earned numerous awards for her contributions.
Samia Halaby, Centers of Attraction / Courtesy of the Artist.
Innocent when questioned, quick to take flight
when afraid,
magnet for the heart
approaching like a Nazarene lam...