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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/147750| Title: | The shadow : poems for the children of Gaza, by Ahmed Miqdad and John P. Portelli [Book review] |
| Authors: | Bonello Rutter Giappone, Krista |
| Keywords: | Books -- Reviews War poetry, Palestinian -- History and criticism Gaza Strip -- In literature Palestinian Arabs -- Gaza Strip -- Poetry Poetry -- Political aspects -- Palestine |
| Issue Date: | 2024 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta. Mediterranean Institute |
| Citation: | Bonello Rutter Giappone, K. (2024). The shadow: poems for the children of Gaza, by Ahmed Miqdad and John P. Portelli [Book review]. Journal of Mediterranean Studies, 33(1), 99-100. |
| Abstract: | In their volume The Shadow: Poems for the
Children of Gaza, the poets Ahmed Miqdad and
John P. Portelli offer what they call a ‘poetry of
resistance’ (2024: 7), the fruit of their long-distance
collaboration and solidarity. This is a friendship
forged in adversity, as they both contend with the
ravages of the body and spirit through war (Miqdad)
and cancer (Portelli). For the most part, the poetry (particularly Miqdad’s) eschews metaphor: the images are literal, realised. As the ‘blood mixes with the flour I carry’ (AM, ‘Blood and Flour’), we are taken beyond the visual, to the tactile, and physical. [excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/147750 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacArtEng |
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