{"id":13723,"date":"2015-09-30T08:13:28","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T12:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/?p=13723"},"modified":"2015-09-30T02:14:26","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T06:14:26","slug":"five-palestinian-poets-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pierrejoris.com\/blog\/five-palestinian-poets-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Palestinian Poets in\u00a0Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018Interludes Po\u00e9tiques de Palestine\u2019:<\/h3>\n

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Palestinian poet and publisher Ashraf Zaghal was in Paris for the\u00a0\u201cInterludes Poetiques de Palestine.\u201d He writes:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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By Ashraf Zaghal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Between September 22 and 26, five Palestinian poets shared the stage at two cultural and literary hubs in Paris, Maison de la Poesie<\/a> and Institut du Monde Arabe, to read their recent poems and interact with the French audience. The list of participating poets included Ghassan Zaqtan, Rajaa Ghanim, Ashraf Zaghal, Fady Joudah, and Jihad Hudaib. All were invited by the Franco-Palestinian Arab Institute as part of the Institute\u2019s third annual poetry event entitled \u201cInterludes Poetiques de Palestine.\u201d Two of the invited poets, Joudah and Hudaib, could not make it to the event, however their poems were recited and their presence was felt.<\/span><\/p>\n

The two poetry-reading events, held on September 23 and September 25, incorporated a performance of the French Soprano Elodie Hache with the Palestinian musician and composer Patrick Lama, who wrote the music for two poems written by Ghassan Zaqtan.<\/p>\n

The poems\u00a0that\u00a0participated in the events were translated by poet and translator Mohamed el Amraoui and recited in French by Phillipe Tanculin, professor of aesthetics at University of Paris VIII, and the French actress Lina Soualem. Most of the poems were extracted from recent collections. The poems included \u201cI Don\u2019t Know\u00a0the Road to Aleppo\u201d by Ghassan Zaqtan, \u201cDoors of Nostalgia\u201d by Rajaa Ghanim, \u201cA Red Hand\u201d by Ashraf Zaghal, \u201cThe Humanitarian Man\u201d by Fady Joudah, and \u201cImpersonal Portrait\u201d by Jihad Hudaib.<\/p>\n

As part of the activities surrounding the readings, the poets met the director of the Arab World Institute Jack Lang and the Syrian singer and activist Samih Choukeir. The poets were also interviewed by Radio Monte Carlo, Radio Orient, and France 24.<\/p>\n

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