{"product_id":"hagar-before-the-occupationhagar-after-amal-al-jubouri-9781882295890","title":"Hagar Before the Occupation\/Hagar After the Occupation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis translation of Iraqi author Amal al-Jubouri contextualizes America's occupation of Iraq through the Qur'an's story of Hagar. Complementary pairs of poems portray life before and after the war. This work simultaneously mirrors Hagar's desperate running between Safa and Marwah, as we pace frantically between pre- and post-occupation Iraq--the poet begging in vain for poetry not to abandon her people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonor before the occupation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorship the Leader\u003cbr\u003eLove the Party\u003cbr\u003eCurse America, the siege\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonor after the occupation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCurse the Dictator\u003cbr\u003eForsake the Party\u003cbr\u003eClap with flowers in your hand for America, her wall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmal al-Jubouri\u003c\/b\u003e, a native of Iraq, is the author of five collections of poetry including \u003ci\u003eWine from Wounds\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWords, Set Me Free!\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eEnheduanna\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePriestess of Exile\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003e99 Veils\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1997 she took asylum in Germany after having been listed first on Uday Hussein's list of renegade Iraqi writers and was the first Iraqi writer to return to Baghdad, two days after the fall of the regime. The founder and editor-in-chief of \u003ci\u003eal-Diwan\u003c\/i\u003e, the first and only Arab-German literary magazine, she is president of the East-West Diwan German Cultural Foundation and acts as cultural counselor for the Yemen Embassy in Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amal Al-Jubouri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1882295897\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781882295890\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alice James Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/13\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Best Translated Book Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2011 pg. 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLJ Best Books of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2011 pg. 63","brand":"Amal Al-Jubouri","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372453548287,"sku":"9781882295890","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_42581739-cb3d-47ab-8a67-727d33a9dcc2.jpg?v=1732725988","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hagar-before-the-occupationhagar-after-amal-al-jubouri-9781882295890","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}