Ibtisam Barakat

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Ibtisam Barakat is a bilingual Palestinian American poet, translator, artist, and author. Her award-winning books include Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood, Balcony on the Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine, and The Lilac Girl, among other books. Her writings have been translated into more than thirty languages.

A Wilted Rose
By Shojaa Al-Safadi
July 2025
Shojaa Al-Safadi
Photo by Fadi Thabet On Refugee Street, one chances upon countless people who are driven temporarily into insanity.And the narrator described her as a wilted rose. I met her by chance on R…
Ringtones of My Mobile Phone
By Omar Hammash
July 2025
Omar Hammash
Photo by Emad Nassar A writer living in Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza faces great loss with no way to say goodbye.When writing about Gaza, one must purify the pen seven times, one time with…
Jerusalem: A Trilingual Poem
By Naomi Shihab Nye

October 13, 2023 Naomi Shihab Nye
Photo by Yousef Khanfar / www.yousefkhanfar.com. This olive tree in the Al Aqsa compound is believed to be 2,000 years old. I’m not interested in who suffered the most. I’m interested in…
Joy Harjo’s “Eagle Poem” Translated into Arabic

December 11, 2019 Ibtisam Barakat
Photo by Kea Mowat on Unsplash Dear WLT Readers, I am thrilled to offer the following translation of “Eagle Poem” from English to Arabic in honor of poet Joy Harjo who, this year, w…