Zeina Azzam @zeina3azzam Twitter profile

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@zeina3azzam

6 years

So proud of @RashidaTlaib ! Here is some #Palestinian embroidery in her honor as she wears her beautiful Thobe today. #tweetyourthobe

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6 years

More beautiful #Palestinian embroidery to honor @RashidaTlaib , who has made us all so proud! #TweetYourThobe #tatreez #RashidaTlaib

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@4noura "The voice of Ghazal is the echo of the plight of thousands of children in the Gaza Strip. We need an immediate, sustained humanitarian ceasefire, and we need it now."

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@zeina3azzam

6 years

Opinion | Trump administration tells Palestinian refugees to submit or starve. Thank you @4noura #UNRWA #Palestine

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@zeina3azzam

6 years

You make us proud: @RashidaTlaib in the #House ! Wearing my thobe in solidarity with you! #TweetyourThobe #tatreez #Palestine_Heritage #RashidaTlaib

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@zeina3azzam

2 years

This is such an honor. I am incredibly grateful to @adc and will always remember the academic and professional achievements, leadership, grace, commitment to the community, and generous spirit of the late Hala Maksoud.

ADC National

@adc

2 years

Zeina Azzam will be receiving the 2022 Hala Maksoud Leadership Award at ADC’s annual National Convention. The Award is given to a community leader who has shown outstanding commitment and leadership, strength and compassion toward the concerns of the community. @zeina3azzam

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@zeina3azzam

3 years

I am so honored to be selected as the City of Alexandria's new Poet Laureate. How lovely that the city I live in makes a big effort to uplift poetry and all the arts!

AlexandriaVAGov

@AlexandriaVAGov

3 years

The City has appointed Zeina Azzam as Alexandria’s new Poet Laureate. Azzam succeeds KaNikki Jakarta, whose three-year term ends in April 2022. Azzam is a Palestinian American poet, writer, editor and community activist. Details: .

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@zeina3azzam

6 years

@Sen_JoeManchin Please reconsider! Kavanaugh is not fit to be a Supreme Court justice, not in temperament nor in political positions. @Sen_JoeManchin , we need your Democratic Party ideals to kick in! Thank you for reconsidering this decision.

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@zeina3azzam

6 years

It is unconscionable that 64% of Israelis seek to escalate aggression on #Gaza . Where did your humanity go, Israeli society? Via PIC @PalinfoEn

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@zeina3azzam

1 year

Read "Write My Name," the title of my poem published on Vox Populi online journal today. It's very sad and reflects the horrifying situation in #Gaza . #children #StopGazaGenocide #CeasefireNOW

Zeina Azzam, Andy Young, David Adès: Three poems about Gaza

Only the children, terrified, wide-eyed, have no complicity as we lead them, again, sacrificial lambs to the slaughter.

voxpopulisphere.com

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@zeina3azzam

10 months

An Israeli airstrike today killed Refaat Alareer, writer, translator, editor, educator, and important cultural figure in Gaza. He was a mentor for many. His murder is such a tremendous loss for all of us.

Refaat in Gaza 🇵🇸

@itranslate123

1 year

If I must die, let it be a tale. #FreePalestine #Gaza

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7 years

Honored to have my poem about #Palestine published by @LunchTicket1 (thank you!)

Lunch Ticket

@LunchTicket1

7 years

beautiful piece in our latest A la Carte "Blue-black night silver stars of ancestors traveling a displaced orbit around a lost sun, repeating: when will we see the colors of our land, when will we land…." -Zeina Azzam @zeina3azzam Colors for the Diaspora

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5 years

#MyPalestinianSitty was Tete Olga, born 1904 in Nazareth. In her remarkable century+ of living she experienced life in Palestine (and the vicissitudes of refugeehood), Sudan, Libya, Lebanon, US. She oozed with love for her family. I treasure my memories of my beautiful Tete Olga.

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@zeina3azzam

11 months

@_abdurrahman_91 Thank you for posting my poem. My name is misspelled unfortunately. The correct spelling is Zeina Azzam. And the text of my poem was originally published here:

Zeina Azzam, Andy Young, David Adès: Three poems about Gaza

Only the children, terrified, wide-eyed, have no complicity as we lead them, again, sacrificial lambs to the slaughter.

voxpopulisphere.com

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@zeina3azzam

6 years

Who is going to hold #Israel accountable for its injustices? How will the world know about its military's actions? These are steps toward total abrogation of #FreedomOfSpeech , #freedomofpress , #freedomofmovement , and so much more. Israel is mandating total impunity for itself.

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@zeina3azzam

1 year

Delighted my poetry collection SOME THINGS NEVER LEAVE YOU is now available on preorder from @tigerbarkpress . The beautiful cover image is by Palestinian artist Samar Hussaini @SamarDesigns . Purchase at ; discount code SHIPSHAPE 4 free shipping thru 7/31.

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@zeina3azzam

1 year

Thank you @TIME for publishing my piece about listening to and lifting up the voices of the young people in #Gaza .

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@TIME

1 year

"These young people are our witness and our abiding hope for this generation. We need to listen to them and lift up their voices" @zeina3azzam on listening to the voices of young people from Gaza:

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@zeina3azzam

5 years

Come to our fabulous panel at Baltimore Book Festival City Lit Stage Nov. 2, 4:30 PM. Hear @EtafRum , @SusanDarraj , Eman Quotah, Laila El-Haddad @gazamom , moderated by @zeina3azzam @CityLitProject

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@zeina3azzam

11 months

By @sareemakdisi : "WHAT WE’RE WITNESSING IN GAZA, in other words, is not self-defense; it is an opportunistic offensive. It is not a “war,” the word used mendaciously and misleadingly by most of the mainstream Western press; it is a campaign of genocidal violence."

Ussama Makdisi

@UssamaMakdisi

11 months

Read this by @sareemakdisi via @nplusonemag

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@zeina3azzam

4 years

Reality is that "Continued unequivocal U.S. support" for Israel has led to this juncture: Israel's plan to annex 30% of West Bank territory. Thank you @4noura for this important analysis. #Palestine #annexation #Palestinians

Noura Erakat

@4noura

4 years

Thx to the @washingtonpost for giving me space to share some thoughts on #annexation : “The calls for accountability from liberal quarters are inexcusably late but should not now be contingent on Israel’s next move.” #Freedom #Palestine

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3 years

So pleased & grateful that Cutleaf Journal @eastoverpress published my two poems "A Grammar for Fleeing" & "A Language for Colors." #refugee #refugees #immigrants #Palestine #Syria

A Grammar for Fleeing (and other poems)

Maybe the undulating line runs in water/ or in sand, splays on the imagined cover/ of a passport, map for a new home.

cutleafjournal.com

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@zeina3azzam

6 years

#Israel 's murder of medic #RazanAlNajjar at #greatreturnmarch was a war crime.

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@zeina3azzam

2 years

To those interested in writing poetry in Alexandria & the DC area: I am offering an in-person workshop, "Poetry Inspired by Visual Art," sponsored by Alexandria's Office of the Arts in collab w/ Principle Gallery in Old Town. 10/29, 1:30-3:30 pm. See flyer for details & to RSVP!

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@zeina3azzam

4 years

For National Poetry Month today, read the beautiful, profound verse by Palestinian poet Maya Abu Al-Hayyat in @asymptotejrnl

Six Poems - Asymptote

A Road for LossLike the rest of you,I thought of escape.But I have a fear of flying,a phobia of congested bridges and traffic accidents,of learning a new language.My plan’s for a simple getaway,a...

www.asymptotejournal.com

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@zeina3azzam

10 months

Here is another translation of my poem, "Write My Name," to Japanese. I am so grateful to @ShoheiHaraguchi for this lovely work, and for his deep humanitarian concern for #Gaza #GazaWar

🍉S.Haraguchi/原口昇平🍉

@ShoheiHaraguchi

10 months

パレスチナ系アメリカ人の詩人ゼイナ・アッザームさんの詩 "Write My Name" を翻訳しました。 Thank you for your approval to my translation, @zeina3azzam ガザでは、自分や子が殺されても身元が分かるよう、子の名前をその足に書いた親もいる。 ――2023年10月22日CNN報道 #StopGazaGenocide

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5 years

Thank you Ramona Wadi @walzerscent for this wonderful review of the poetry collection, Making Mirrors: Writing/Righting by and for Refugees via @MiddleEastMnt #refugee #refugeeswelcome #poetry

Making Mirrors: Writing/Righting by and for Refugees

No matter how prevalent refugee stories have become in the media, the dissociation between the terminology and the people keeps growing. Jehan Bseiso and Becky Thompson address this absence of...

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@zeina3azzam

11 months

A powerful and horrifying account of the human suffering in #Gaza . This doctor talks of a new acronym coined in the last few weeks there: WCNSF — Wounded Child No Surviving Family. #CeasefireForGazaNOW

Ali Abunimah

@AliAbunimah

1 year

This is powerful. #GazaGenocide

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5 years

Thank you Rep. Betty McCollum @BettyMcCollum04 for standing up to bigotry and suppression and standing with @RepRashida and @Ilhan .

Rep. Betty McCollum

@BettyMcCollum04

5 years

Trump & Netanyahu are afraid to have @reprashida & @ilhan witness first-hand the brutality & dehumanization Israel’s occupation inflicts on the Palestinian people. This bigoted president is working to extend his Muslim travel ban to Members of Congress.

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@WeAreNotNumbers Such devastating news about Mohammed and his entire family being killed by an Israeli airstrike. My heart breaks for them and for the WANN family too. May Mohammed and his family members rest in peace.

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@zeina3azzam

1 year

It was a beautiful and deeply moving event. ❤️

Iman

@imanabid_

1 year

As a Palestinian, last night’s event on Capitol Hill to commemorate our history was extraordinary. We heard stories of Nakba survivors, we cried over poems dedicated to our mothers and homelands, and we defined our freedom as a community. Our story is ours to tell. #nakba75

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7 years

Thank you @BettyMcCollum04 for your integrity and for standing up for Palestinians. You are one of the few who do so and we admire you greatly.

Rep. Betty McCollum

@BettyMcCollum04

7 years

I am horrified by the tragic wounding & killing of Palestinian protesters in Gaza last Friday. Attacks on peaceful Palestinian protesters must end, and the U.S. & the international community must do more to support a resolution to the conflict.

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6 years

Come hear the amazing poetry of Zeina Hashem Beck @zeinabeck , author of LOUDER THAN HEARTS, on April 3 at @MiddleEastInst in DC

Book Talk & Poetry Reading: Zeina Hashem Beck

The Middle East Institute will be hosting a book talk and poetry reading from Lebanese poet Zeina Hashem Beck.

www.mei.edu

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@zeina3azzam

5 years

Palestinian poet Fadwa Tuqan is another of our greats. Mahmoud Darwish called her "the mother of Palestinian poetry." Here are two of Tuqan's poems, "Enough for Me" and "The Deluge and the Tree." #Palestine #tweetyourculture #Palestineartweek @MPPDC

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@zeina3azzam

6 years

With Nationality Law, #Israel Openly Declares #Apartheid and Racial Supremacy Thank you @jricole

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@zeina3azzam

5 years

Read this moving poem by Naomi Shihab Nye, "Kindness" @NaomiNye6B @MPPDC #tweetyourculture #palestineartweek #Palestine

Kindness by Naomi Shihab Nye | The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor

'Kindness' by Naomi Shihab Nye, and the literary and historical notes for Monday, July 23, 2007.

writersalmanac.publicradio.org

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@zeina3azzam

2 years

What a great thread! Manakeesh!

Bayt Al Fann

@BaytAlFann

2 years

Manakeesh is a flat baked dough with toppings. It is part of the Levant region cuisine, comprising Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine & Syria. Manakeesh evolved to be the one of the most beloved foods of the region, especially in Lebanon To celebrate World Mankoushe Day a thread…

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6 years

Time to Break the Silence on Palestine, by Michelle Alexander--a brave and truthful stance by an expert on racism.

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@zeina3azzam

6 years

@EdWhelanEPPC Next up: an apology to Christine Blasey Ford.

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@zeina3azzam

1 year

Thank you for tweeting part of my poem, “A Grammar for Fleeing,” which I read last night at the beautiful and moving #Nakba75 commemoration on Capitol Hill. The poem was originally published in @cutleafjournal .

IMEU

@theIMEU

1 year

8/ @zeina3azzam A Grammar for Fleeing She understands the grammar for fleeing, unspoken rules that decide how the journey will end, when words like harb, war, and jou`, hunger, might ebb and not flow. Her toddler wakes asking for water as the sea responds with crashing waves.

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@zeina3azzam

4 years

"By rejecting this mission at The Hague, Biden, like his predecessors, has shown once again that he is not interested in Palestinian independence, but in Palestinian submission." Biden should let the ICC do its job -- thank you to @aj_iraqi

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@zeina3azzam

2 years

@RepPressley @StateDept Thank you, Rep. Pressley, for your principled stand. These organizations are a crucial part of civil society and humanitarian work in Palestine. Criminalizing them and shutting their operations are inhumane, unlawful acts by Israel.

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@zeina3azzam

2 years

Thank you @cutleafjournal for reposting my poems today about #refugees and #immigrants !

Cutleaf

@cutleafjournal

2 years

"Hudood, the word for border, / looms in her mind’s vocabulary / like a passive voice, a noun for longing." This #TBT , we revisit "A Grammar for Fleeing" and other #poems by Zeina Azzam ( @zeina3azzam ) from Issue 2.5 of Cutleaf. #NationalPoetryMonth

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Opinion: Why does Israel have so many Palestinians in detention and available to swap?

Of the nearly 7,000 Palestinians held by Israel, the majority have never been convicted of a crime, including more than 2,000 held in administrative detention, in which the Israeli military can hold...

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@zeina3azzam

5 years

One of the major and great #Palestinian poets is Taha Muhammad Ali, whose sensitive and touching poems include "Revenge" #tweetyourculture #tweetyourtatreez #tweetyourthobe @MPPDC #Palestine #Palestineartweek

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@zeina3azzam

9 years

"Among the settlers"-what life in illegal Israeli settlements is really like. Thank you @Mondoweiss ! via @sharethis

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@zeina3azzam

1 year

Losing a Homeland by Zeina Azzam via @oneartpoetry1

Losing a Homeland by Zeina Azzam

Losing a Homeland It’s as if we are reading a book with too many unfamiliar words and keep having to look them up. If only it were that easy to understand the story of how one loses a homeland, how…

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@zeina3azzam

2 years

Poetry lovers & poets in the DC area: please join us on Feb. 4 in Alexandria for a Multicultural Poetry Reading! The theme: THE MOON! Come to read or to listen. See the flyer below for more information & register at the link provided. Looking forward to showcasing many languages!

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@zeina3azzam

1 year

Thrilled to have two of my poems in this book of love poems by Arab heritage writers. Grateful to @HalaNAlyan and @zeinabeck for their loving work and care in editing it and choosing a beautiful title.

Persea Books

@PerseaBooks

1 year

April is not only #NationalPoetryMonth , it's also #NationalArabAmericanHeritageMonth . Persea Books is excited and honored to publish WE CALL TO THE EYE & THE NIGHT: LOVE POEMS BY WRITERS OF ARAB HERITAGE co-edited and introduced by Hala Alyan and Zeina Hashem Beck in late summer.

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@zeina3azzam

9 months

“Poetry can't stop a bullet. Poetry won't free a prisoner. And that's why we need to do the political organizing work as well,” they say. “But if we can't imagine a free liberated world in language, how can we build one?”

George Abraham (they/he) 🍉 جورج إبراهيم

@IntifadaBatata

9 months

Grateful for this thoughtful coverage of Palestinian poetry's role in resistance, by Armani Syed in @TIME today. I'm honored to be interviewed here alongside some of the bravest poets I know, discussing editorial work with @Mizna_ArabArt & @haymarketbooks

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5 years

We stand on the shoulders of the older generation of #Palestinian poets. One of them, eloquent and passionate, was Tawfiq Zayyad. Here is his poem "All I Have" #tweetyourculture @MPPDC #Palestine #Palestineartweek

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@zeina3azzam

6 years

Thank you @AdalahNY for the correction.

Adalah-NY

@AdalahNY

6 years

Fixed that for you, @CNN . #Gaza

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@zeina3azzam

6 years

On the Muslim ban, SCOTUS has "bowed to the prejudice of the powerful when its duty was to protect the most vulnerable." Thank you @DavidColeACLU . Opinion | Move over, Dred Scott

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@zeina3azzam

4 years

Thank you @ANERAorg for tweeting out my poem, "Leaving My Childhood Home," for #WomensHistoryMonth ! @thepoetrybox

Anera

@AneraOrg

4 years

Leaving My Childhood Home by Zeina Azzam "On our last day in Beirut with my ten years packed in a suitcase, my best friend asked for a keepsake. I found a little tin box to give her, emptied of lemon drops…"

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@zeina3azzam

3 years

. @justindotnet , @ebpforva , @j_chapman99 , @canekforcouncil , @amyjacksonva , @moseifeldein : Listen to our Black & Brown youth! Vote YES to redirect SRO funding to mental healthcare 4 ACPS students! #CareNotCopsACPS #PoliceFreeSchools @TenantsWorkers @NAACPalexandria , @gra_alexandria

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@zeina3azzam

6 years

@4noura You truly awesome! Thank you for always being passionate, incredibly articulate, and smart and incisive, and for commanding respect for all Palestinians.

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@zeina3azzam

5 years

Thank you @zeinabeck for curating & editing the fabulous issue of Cordite Poetry Review @corditepoetry with the theme, "Bayt." I am delighted to have my poem, "A Refugee Grows Old," in it.

Zeina Hashem Beck زينة هاشم بك

@zeinabeck

5 years

“Where in one scenario she would have lived in the same place until grandchildren played around the lemon tree that defined her family’s house In scent and space.” — Zeina Azzam, “A Refugee Grows Old” @zeina3azzam

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2 years

Streets named after Confederate Civil War leaders shouldn't have a place in Alexandria. Thanks @justindotnet and Alexandria City Council @AlexandriaVAGov for starting the process to change the names. Please don't let it take too long.

Justin Wilson

@justindotnet

2 years

It's time. Let's be methodical and thoughtful in the process. But it's time to remove honors that were weaponized to inflict harm and intimidate.

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Thank you to @wherewelive for the interview and conversation about my poetry book, Some Things Never Leave You. Here is a link to the recorded show:

An update from Save the Children, plus a conversation with Palestinian American poet Zeina Azzam

Today on Where We Live, we hear from Zeina Azzam. She is a Palestinian American poet, writer and activist. After the start of the Israel-Hamas war, her poem “Write My Name” went viral. We’ll also get...

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Where We Live

@wherewelive

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Today, we hear from Zeina Azzam. She is a Palestinian American poet, writer and activist. After the start of the Israel-Hamas war, her poem “Write My Name” went viral. We’ll also get an update from the humanitarian organization, @savethechildren . Listen live on @wnpr

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Palestinian MK says police/media encourage harming & killing Arab citizens. More Israelis chant "Death to the Arabs" http://t.co/4ZD0nHxUYm

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@zeina3azzam

11 months

This is horrifying, scary, heartbreaking.

Abdalhadi Alijla عبد الهادي العجلة

@alijla2021

11 months

The Palestinian Gazan essayist and poet, Mosab Abu Toha, was kidnapped by the Israeli army while fleeing to southern Gaza. Last month, he was in the USA on a tour. He has been recognized with several awards, including the Palestine Book Award 2022. He also received the Arrowsmith

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The Movement for Black Lives, the Palestinian Struggle, and a Creeping Genocide #M4BL #Palestine

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United Church of Christ resolution decries Israel’s treatment of underage prisoners -- 79% voted yes! via @lmarkoe

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@zeina3azzam

2 years

What a treat to visit Ms. Buba’s classes today and listen to the students recite their original poems. So much creativity and so many beautiful intercultural connections! Thank you!

International Academy 🌎 Alexandria City HS

@IntlAcademyACHS

2 years

Ms. Buba’s classes hosted Alexandria’s post laureate Zeina Azzam today. IA students shared their poetry and their experiences! ♥️ What a wonderful community event! @zeina3azzam

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@zeina3azzam

7 years

#ahedaltamimi -a minor imprisoned because she stood up to #Israeli military occupation & defended her home/family. #FreeAhedTamimi release her NOW.

Amnesty International

@amnesty

7 years

Today is Ahed Tamimi’s 17th birthday. She has become a symbol of Palestinian resistance. Instead of celebrating the occasion with family & friends, she's locked up in an Israeli prison. Tell Prime Minister @netanyahu to #FreeAhedTamimi immediately →

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Disgusting on so many levels: #Israel #settlers dump sewage on #Palestinian school in Qalqiliya. Nefarious and sadistic.

Israel settlers dump sewage on Palestinian school in Qalqiliya

Israeli settlers dumped their sewage on a Palestinian school in the northern occupied West Bank district of Qalqilia yesterday. The Azzun Beit Amin School playground was flooded with sewage for...

www.middleeastmonitor.com

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@zeina3azzam

2 years

Thank you to @ParklifeDC for this lovely retrospective! I am grateful to see the photo of me in June, reading a poem about Duke Ellington, as one of music photographer Mark Calcedo's 10 favorite photos for 2022!

Parklife DC

@ParklifeDC

2 years

Best of the Year: Mark Caicedo's Top 10 photos of the year include images of @rachaelnvilray , @MikeCampbellHQ , @RiverWhyless , #SkunkBaxter , @OnlyAnExpert , @zeina3azzam , @NearNortheast , @darlingside , @GhostLightBand , and @Samantha_Fish .

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4 years

Listen to our youth of color: they DON’T WANT POLICE in @ACPSk12 schools! End the school MOU with @AlexandriaVAPD . Tell ACPS to #EndTheMOU now! Sign up to speak at 10/1 school board meeting: @TenantsWorkers @Gra_Alexandria @NAACPalexandria

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@zeina3azzam

8 years

Thank you @Rima_H_Khalaf for your courage. Pressure to withdraw the ESCWA report is shameful, egregious, and suppresses the truth. #BDS

Seth Morrison

@SethMorrison2

8 years

This brave women is 100% right,

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Pleased to have my new poem, "Coronavirus Spring," published by The New Verse News. They are calling it a "Silver Linings Day" poem; we are all trying to look for some hope in this extraordinary time of our human history.

The New Verse News (always open to newspoems)

@NewVerseNews

5 years

The third of three Silver Linings Day poems at The New Verse News is “Coronavirus Spring” by Zeina Azzam.

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@zeina3azzam

2 years

In Palestine, to stand with the truth makes you a target

Israeli hostility toward journalists makes sense once you understand the nature of this colonial state. The continuation of Israeli apartheid is only possible by fighting those who reveal the truth.

mondoweiss.net

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@zeina3azzam

2 years

Join us on Thursday, June 2, 2022 at the Athenaeum in Alexandria, Virginia. Doors open 6:30 p.m.; program 7:00-8:30 p.m.

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9 years

#Palestine ’s #LandDay 1976-2016: 40 Years of struggle for land, justice, rights via @palestinecenter

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1 year

Join me for a reading from my new poetry collection at Alexandria's public library, Burke Branch, on 9/30, 1-3 pm. Alexandria Poet Laureate, Zeina Azzam - Alexandria Library

Alexandria Poet Laureate, Zeina Azzam

Burke Branch Meeting Room

alexlibraryva.org

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5 years

Read this edgy poem of resistance by #Palestinian poet Suheir Hammad: "What I Will" #Palestine @MPPDC #tweetyourculture #Palestineartweek

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4 years

“If the US truly wants to celebrate Israel’s success, it should insist on a higher bar for success: namely, vaccine equity and access for Palestinians and Israelis alike.”

Yara Asi, PhD

@Yara_M_Asi

4 years

🚨 My latest piece in @GuardianUS is up! "Asking Palestinians, nearly half of whom are children, to pay for political stagnation with shortened and less healthy lives has been tolerated for too long." Check it out and let me know what you think:

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My VA rep. Don Beyer @RepDonBeyer hits the jackpot again! Thank you 4 marching w @lsarsour & supporting civil rights across the board.

Rep. Don Beyer

@RepDonBeyer

8 years

#IMarchWithLinda because she is courageous, her voice is strong, and her cause is just.

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Thank you @esglaude for being on the side of morality. Nothing to apologize for there! You were right: these were senseless and brutal killings in #Gaza . So many young lives extinguished.

Andrea

@AndyKCity

6 years

"All Those Babies Are Dead. All Those People Are Dead': Eddie Glaude Jr. Apologizes for Injecting Heartfelt "Moralizing" into MSNBC Roundtable on Gaza Massacre - via @commondreams Don't apologize @esglaude you were right. It IS a moral issue. Speak out!

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2 years

So honored to be reading poetry as part of @CityLitProject ’s festival this Friday 3/31 at 7 pm. Join us at @busboysandpoets in Baltimore. Unshuttered poets, lifting as we climb!

Maryland Humanities

@MDhumanities

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. @CityLitProject 's 20th Festival concludes Friday with Unshuttered Poets at @busboysandpoets with headliners nationally-acclaimed @pswordwoman and JAHTI. The event also features @zeina3azzam , @TaraAElliott , and more. Learn more:

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Read this thread by the LA Times AAPI Caucus about Israel’s killing of #ShireenAbuAkleh . A strong statement and a model for media outlets.

L.A. Times AAPI Caucus

@LATAAPICaucus

2 years

The AAPI Caucus of the Los Angeles Times condemns the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and calls for an immediate, thorough and independent investigation of her death. Here's the thread on our statement. 🧵

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For #NationalPoetryMonth here is "Because of a Woman" by Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish. Read in @asymptotejrnl

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Reflections on the 75th Anniversary of a Nakba That Never Ended

In the decades since the event Palestinians know as "the Catastrophe," dispossession has become a timeless theme of the Palestinian experience.

www.thenation.com

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Read the beautiful poem "Think of Others"by Palestine's poet laureate #MahmoudDarwish #tweetyourculture @MPPDC

“If only I were a candle in the dark” – live in the layers

nataliejabbar.wordpress.com

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@zeina3azzam

2 years

Breathtaking examples (22 of them) of Arabic/Islamic calligraphy. So beautiful and amazing... gold ink on specially dried and prepared leaves from trees.

Bayt Al Fann

@BaytAlFann

2 years

The art of calligraphy on a dried leaf was practised widely in Ottoman Turkey. This was difficult & delicate work. The leaf was dried, & the tissue removed to leave the skeletal membrane, with gold ink applied over it. Here are 22 exquisite examples, past & present A thread…

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8 years

Hillary Clinton should take balanced approach to Israel-Palestine #Palestine #Palestinians

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@zeina3azzam

6 years

To @NewsHour Your segment on Israeli elections missed the voice of 20% of the population: #Palestinian citizens of Israel. How do they feel about the re-election of Netanyahu? Why did your reporter ignore them?

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@zeina3azzam

2 years

Moving words from @RZabaneh , the producer at Al Jazeera who worked with #ShireenAbuAkleh .

Rania Zabaneh

@RZabaneh

2 years

Words fail to describe the person #ShireenAbuAqleh was, but I tried… You’ll outlive those who killed you, that I know.

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4 years

Tonight on PBS @esglaude offered incisive analysis as well as words about #GeorgeFloyd that reached into my heart. It was hard not to cry. Thank you. Also to @IAmAmnaNawaz for interviewing him.

Judy Woodruff

@JudyWoodruff

4 years

"All of this is rooted in this belief that America is a white nation. If we have to wait on those folk who are committed to that, America will continue to be this ugly place." @esglaude to @IAmAmnaNawaz

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Walking around Old Town tonight we strolled into the beautiful ⁦ @CarlyleHouseVA ⁩ gardens! Lovely irises, hostas, azaleas, and so much more! #visitALX

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#NPRPoetry A transformation in pandemic: I became a grandmother. Then I ditched the dye let salt & pepper hair grow out. I got a new name, a truer mane.

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Thank you Rep. @BettyMcCollum04 ! “Israel’s system of military child detention is brutal, cruel and unnecessary. It is a weapon of military occupation that imposes collective trauma and control over Palestinian families. It is a blatant violation of international humanitarian law”

Rep. Betty McCollum

@BettyMcCollum04

4 years

I was pleased to address the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People this morning – #Rights4Palestine – with parliamentary colleagues from Europe and South Africa. Read my full remarks here:

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My article in @AlexTimesNews about hopeful poetry for the new year.

The wonder of words - Alexandria Times

By Zeina Azzam Every time we usher in another year, there is excitement about what lies ahead. We offer each other blessings and wishes of happiness. The Germans say to “have a good slide” into the...

alextimes.com

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A victory for activism and for justice.

Palestine Legal

@pal_legal

8 years

Victory: @UCBerkeley reinstates course on Palestine

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Over 1/2 million people at #WomensMarch in DC carrying important messages, some meant 4 #POTUS . #solidarity #womensrightsarehumanrights .

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We want students of color 2 feel comfortable & safe in @ACPSk12 schools. The MOU w @AlexandriaVAPD for school resource officers does the opposite. Attend 10/1 virtual school bd mtg to tell ACPS: #EndTheMOU ! @TenantsWorkers @Gra_Alexandria @NAACPalexandria

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19 medical personnel were injured by live Israeli fire, one was killed by a bullet in the chest. #Israel is clearly targeting anyone who supports #Gaza in any way, even doctors and medics. TY @democracynow for bringing us this brave doctor's voice.

Gazanalysis

@Gazanalysis

6 years

Meet Tarek Loubani, the Canadian Doctor Shot by Israeli Forces Monday While Treating Gaza’s Wounded via @democracynow

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ThankU @Eugene_Robinson 4 op-ed: Acquittal in Philando Castile's killing makes clear black lives still do not matter

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This is for those who have wondered, and who have asked me, "What is a poet laureate?" (my article in @AlexTimesNews )

What is a Poet Laureate? - Alexandria Times

By Zeina Azzam This is the question that I hear most often when people learn of my new position as Poet Laureate of the City of Alexandria. I am sure that previous poets laureate encountered...

alextimes.com

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@zeina3azzam

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So honored to have Councilman Canek Aguirre @CanekForCouncil join us at our moon-themed multicultural and multilingual poetry reading at Beatley Library in Alexandria today!

Canek Aguirre

@CanekForCouncil

2 years

Then off to Beatley Library to enjoy poems in a variety of languages at the Multicultural Poetry Reading hosted by Alexandria's Poet Laureate Zeina Azzam and the Alexandria Library.

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@Mizna_ArabArt @IsmailKhalidi @IntifadaBatata @linaHsharif @diasporadical_z @HalaNAlyan @jehanbseiso @kevincoval @NatalieGDiaz @summabis @TheCityWriter Such a rich and beautiful issue. Thank you @IsmailKhalidi and @Mizna_ArabArt !

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@zeina3azzam

1 year

I am honored to contribute my poetry to this meaningful remembrance. #Nakba75 #Project48

FMEP

@FMEP

1 year

@zeina3azzam shares two poems. Hear a clip of one -“Colors for the Diaspora.” Zeina is one of 10 Palestinian artists ft in FMEP & Project48’s podcast marking the 75th anniversary of the Nakba. #Nakba75 #Project48 Hear the rest of Zeina’s poems at →

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