Imperial Abhorrences / For Palestine

Ammiel Alcalay and Kholoud Hammad

Imperial Abhorrences / For Palestine is a collaboration between poet and translator Ammiel Alcalay in New York and Palestinian artist and graphic designer Kholoud Hammad in Gaza. Drawn in a notebook small enough to fit in a displacement bag, and using only the pens she has at hand, Hammad’s miniature drawings are epic in proportion and intention, depicting horror, resistance, and beauty during the ongoing Israeli/US perpetrated genocide in Gaza. Alcalay’s acerbic and searing poems draw on an acute sense of history, as well as his experience, knowledge, outrage, and solidarity.

The poetry and artwork is accompanied by an interview with Hammad conducted by US artist Tabitha Arnold, a statement by Hammad, and Alcalay’s “The Poetics of Geopolitics: A Word After.” In addition, some of Alcalay’s poems appear in Arabic translation by Khaled al-Hilli, Sinan Antoon, and antón shammás. This unique project summons readers and viewers alike to come into a realization of their own powers despite the myriad forces marshaled against such activation.

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