Hagar Before the Occupation/Hagar After the Occupation

by Amal al-Jubouri and Rebecca Gayle Howell

"Through these poems, Amal al-Jubouri connects us to the earliest known poems, and yet the dialectic tension between them is utterly contemporary. Al-Jubouri writes 'This is my protest, this is my folly, ' yet these poems are neither simple protest nor in any sense folly. These poems are both essential and eternal."--Nick Flynn

This translation of Iraqi author Amal al-Jubouri contextualizes America's occupation of Iraq through the Qur'an's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1882295897
• ISBN13: 9781882295890
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Alice James Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"