Mohja Kahf’s second book of poetry, Hagar Poems, was published by the University of Arkansas Press in 2016. Her novel, The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf, was published in 2006. Kahf is a professor of comparative literature and Middle East studies at the University of Arkansas.
Saad Merie / DeviantArt
to Rima Dali, with love
Rima Dali in her red raincoat reaches
downtown Damascus, silently
steps into the intersection
stands tall as traffic
holds high a red bann…
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