Arabic, between Love and War (trace press), edited by Yasmine Haj and Norah Alkharashi, juxtaposes modern and contemporary poems from Iraq, Palestine, Sudan, Lebanon, Syria and Tunisia and their diasporas, alongside their translations into English (and some from English into Arabic). Many of these poems have been translated into English for the first time, and remind us of Arabic’s lyricism, poetic range, and beauty. Read the poems "A Lonely Man Walks on the Bridge by Samar Diab, translated...