Hagar Before the Occupation/Hagar After the Occupation

by Amal al-Jubouri and Rebecca Gayle Howell

Book Overview

This critically-acclaimed 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1882295897
• ISBN13: 9781882295890
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Alice James Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"