Ahmed Hassan

Translated from Egyptian Colloquial Arabic by Ahmed Hassan and Elliott Colla Build your palaces on top of farms! With our labor and the sweat of our hands, Build bars beside factories And prisons where gardens once stood! Unleash your dogs in the streets, And lock us in your cells. Deprive us of sleep (We’ve […]

Translated from Egyptian Colloquial Arabic by Ahmed Hassan and Elliott Colla When the sun drowns In a sea of clouds, When a wave of darkness spreads across the world, When sight dies In the eye and conscience, When the road disappears Between lines and circles, You—rambler, roamer, Know-it-all— No one will guide you But […]