#george abraham

[thenextdoormatilda]

–Palestinian poet and editor of Mizna, George Abraham.

[havingapoemwithyou]

Love Letter to the Eve of the End of the World by George Abraham

[geryone]

Birthright, George Abraham

[stvivi]

some of my favorite quotes from the book Nepantla: An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color

OCEAN VUONG Someday I’ll Love Ocean Vuong

PAUL TRAN Elegy with My Mother’s Lipstick

AUDRE LORDE Power

CALEB LUNA feeding me starving

CHEN CHEN Quantitative Reasoning

DANEZ SMITH On Grace

GEORGE ABRAHAM Inheritance

HIEU MINH NGUYEN Heavy

[soracities]

Sarah Aziza, in a series of letters with George Abraham (excerpt from Nov. 2023), pub. The Nation [ID'd]

[oldwinesoul]

“In my culture, we know death intimately. In Arabic, the highest expression of love is the phrase

"ya'aburnee" Translated "you bury me" - It means “I love you so much, I'd sooner die than bury you” It was used by mothers in our lineage who were so used to losing their young in war; In my culture, we cannot talk about love without speaking death's name”

// George Abraham, "Untitled," published in Black Napkin Press

[jacobwren]

"I’m just saying I want my land back / & yes I mean all of it / every river every sea & yes / the expense will be your lives" - George Abraham, GET FUCKED & DROWN

[counterintuitivecomics]

Marker study I did of the cover of the spectacular anthology HEAVEN LOOKS LIKE US: Palestinian Poetry, drawn during Workshops 4 Gaza's 4th Virtual Poetry Reading back in April. The original is actually a collage by Jumana Manna - an "imaginary landscape" made from cleaning product containers.

This book is truly a labour of love by Palestinian co-editors George Abraham (they/هو) and Noor Hindi (she/her), uniting Ghazzans in the heart of the genocide with poets across the global diaspora...Beloved writers like Dr. Refaat Alareer ("If I Must Die...") beside young queer poets they've inspired. This is poetry as resistance, poetry that dares to use love, rage, and grief to imagine "a future in which there thrives a free, free Palestine".

All proceeds from HEAVEN LOOKS LIKE US (plus any additional donations you select) go to The Sameer Project when you buy it from the Workshops For Gaza online bookstore!

Contributor Rasha Abdulhadi: "Don't just read us when we're dead. Don't just read our dead. Answer the screams of the living. Publish & broadcast those living cries. Love us while we're still alive. Love us enough to keep us alive."