9781961209589
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Other Paths for Shahrazad
A Bilingual Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by Arab Women
A bilingual anthology of contemporary poetry by forty women poets from eleven Arab nations.
A project of the Her Story Is (HSI) collective, led by Iraqi and American women writers and artists, Other Paths for Shahrazad features poems curated by the Iraqi contingent of HSI. Each poem was cotranslated by HSI members and collaborators from Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Canada, and the United States.
The anthology is arranged so that the poems are in dialogue with each other, rather than separated into stark sections according to theme, region, or author, so that the reader experiences it as they experience a standard collection of poetry: as a potent journey, as poems speaking to poems.
Contributors include Muna Alaasi, Laila Alahdab, Marwa Abo Daif, Omaima Abd Shafy, Samia Abdulrahman, Violette Abu Jalad, Huda Aldaghfaq, Hanaa Ahmed, Souzan Ali, Huda Almubark, Iman Alsebaiy, Samira Baghdadi, Salwa ben Rhouma, Fatima Bennis, Suzanne Chakaroun, Mejda Dhahri, Rasha Fadhil, Hannan Haddad, Susana Hajjar, Jackleen Salam, Salma Abdul Hussein al-Harba, Faleeha Hassan, Azhar Ali Hussein, Asmaa Hussin, Ataf Janem, Nadia Al-Katib, Nesrin Ekram Khoury, Dima Mahmod, Hoda AbdelKader Mahmoud, Fatima Mansor, Zakia Al-Marmuq, Eman Masrweh, Raghda Mostafa, Nermeen Al Mufti, Khawla Jasim Alnahi, Amira Salameh, Layla Al Sayed, Sumia al Shaybani, Zizi Shosha, Mariam Soliman, and Elham Nasser Al-Zabedy.
A project of the Her Story Is (HSI) collective, led by Iraqi and American women writers and artists, Other Paths for Shahrazad features poems curated by the Iraqi contingent of HSI. Each poem was cotranslated by HSI members and collaborators from Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Canada, and the United States.
The anthology is arranged so that the poems are in dialogue with each other, rather than separated into stark sections according to theme, region, or author, so that the reader experiences it as they experience a standard collection of poetry: as a potent journey, as poems speaking to poems.
Contributors include Muna Alaasi, Laila Alahdab, Marwa Abo Daif, Omaima Abd Shafy, Samia Abdulrahman, Violette Abu Jalad, Huda Aldaghfaq, Hanaa Ahmed, Souzan Ali, Huda Almubark, Iman Alsebaiy, Samira Baghdadi, Salwa ben Rhouma, Fatima Bennis, Suzanne Chakaroun, Mejda Dhahri, Rasha Fadhil, Hannan Haddad, Susana Hajjar, Jackleen Salam, Salma Abdul Hussein al-Harba, Faleeha Hassan, Azhar Ali Hussein, Asmaa Hussin, Ataf Janem, Nadia Al-Katib, Nesrin Ekram Khoury, Dima Mahmod, Hoda AbdelKader Mahmoud, Fatima Mansor, Zakia Al-Marmuq, Eman Masrweh, Raghda Mostafa, Nermeen Al Mufti, Khawla Jasim Alnahi, Amira Salameh, Layla Al Sayed, Sumia al Shaybani, Zizi Shosha, Mariam Soliman, and Elham Nasser Al-Zabedy.
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Table of Contents
Contents
i.
Anna Morandi Manzolini
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the influence of vision on the mind
the lab
the body
philtrum
pericardium
sinus
post script
the lab
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Wax Self-Portrait
Wax Portrait of a Husband
Wax Portrait of a Marriage
Autopsy Report
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the body
cell
bone
mortality
the body
traits/the eye
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The Ten Commandments of the Anatomist’s Wife
Wax Portrait of a Husband
Wax Portrait of a Cadaver
Autopsy Report
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vision
travel
the body
microscope slide
blood/leukemia
respiration
blood
ii.
Anna Morandi Manzolini
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the lab
the lab
in the lab/ill
identifying the pathogen
musculoskeletal
physiognomy
+
Wax Self-Portrait
Wax Portrait of a Husband
Autopsy Report
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blood/heart
blood
genetics/the cell/reproduction/asexual
landscape with fossils/diatoms/day with
the lab
spring/bloomings/foliage/flora
scales
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Wax Self-Portrait
Wax Portrait of a Cadaver
Wax Portrait of a Cadaver
Autopsy Report
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time/day: transmutations
mortality
open season
the lab
vivisection
iii.
Anna Morandi Manzolini
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time/lab
s(k)in(s)
corollaries
the lab
time/day: transmutations
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Wax Portrait of Husband as Male Anglerfish
Wax Portrait of a Marriage
Wax Portrait of a Cadaver
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blood
pestilent tether/garroted frenzy/anaerobic ferment
eye/vision
mind
the body
radar eve
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Wax Portrait of a Son
Wax Portrait
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the lab
specimen slide
brain
vivisection
the lab
the circle museum
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Anna Morandi Manzolini
notes & acknowledgments 132
i.
Anna Morandi Manzolini
+
the influence of vision on the mind
the lab
the body
philtrum
pericardium
sinus
post script
the lab
+
Wax Self-Portrait
Wax Portrait of a Husband
Wax Portrait of a Marriage
Autopsy Report
+
the body
cell
bone
mortality
the body
traits/the eye
+
The Ten Commandments of the Anatomist’s Wife
Wax Portrait of a Husband
Wax Portrait of a Cadaver
Autopsy Report
+
vision
travel
the body
microscope slide
blood/leukemia
respiration
blood
ii.
Anna Morandi Manzolini
+
the lab
the lab
in the lab/ill
identifying the pathogen
musculoskeletal
physiognomy
+
Wax Self-Portrait
Wax Portrait of a Husband
Autopsy Report
+
blood/heart
blood
genetics/the cell/reproduction/asexual
landscape with fossils/diatoms/day with
the lab
spring/bloomings/foliage/flora
scales
+
Wax Self-Portrait
Wax Portrait of a Cadaver
Wax Portrait of a Cadaver
Autopsy Report
+
time/day: transmutations
mortality
open season
the lab
vivisection
iii.
Anna Morandi Manzolini
+
time/lab
s(k)in(s)
corollaries
the lab
time/day: transmutations
+
Wax Portrait of Husband as Male Anglerfish
Wax Portrait of a Marriage
Wax Portrait of a Cadaver
+
blood
pestilent tether/garroted frenzy/anaerobic ferment
eye/vision
mind
the body
radar eve
+
Wax Portrait of a Son
Wax Portrait
+
the lab
specimen slide
brain
vivisection
the lab
the circle museum
+
Anna Morandi Manzolini
notes & acknowledgments 132