in which i say "fuck you" to Donald Trump and read poems by poets who would not be allowed in the US at the time of the recording (1.28.17)
*update* a federal judge in Brooklynn temporarily halts some aspects of Trump's executive order - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/court-blocks-trump-refugee-ban_us_588d4b53e4b0b065cbbc6a6f?
i apologize again for my mispronunciations, especially to Maram al-Masri; i will do better
other things referenced:
excerpt from Fifteen Iraqi Poets -https://www.poetryfoundation.org/uploads/documents/FifteenIraqiPoets.pdf
where to buy it - http://www.ndbooks.com/book/fifteen-iraqi-poets/
New Year by Nazik Al-Mala'ika - http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/article/new-year
her wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazik_Al-Malaika
longer bio - http://www.aljadid.com/content/nazik-al-malaika-1923-2007-iraqi-woman%E2%80%99s-journey-changes-map-arabic-poetry
poems from Barefoot Souls by Maram al-Masri - https://poethead.wordpress.com/2016/06/24/poems-from-barefoot-souls-by-maram-al-masri/
poems by Bejan Matur - http://www.transcript-review.org/en/issue/transcript-30-poetry-from-turkey/new-turkish-poetry/bejan-matur
article about Maram al-Masri and Bejan Matur - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/04/female-poets-of-syrian-war-turkey-middle-east
article on Syria's war poets - http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/07/syria-war-poets-refugees/375195/
Reborn by Forugh Farrokhzad - http://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2015/march/reborn-forugh-farrokhzad
her wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forough_Farrokhzad
Your Village by Elana Bell - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/weekly-poem-your-village/
her site - http://www.elanabell.com/
other Iraqi poets - http://www.poetrytranslation.org/poems/from/iraq
other Iranian poets - https://theculturetrip.com/middle-east/iran/articles/iran-s-10-most-inspiring-poets-and-their-verses/
other Syrian poets - https://theculturetrip.com/middle-east/syria/articles/10-syrian-writers-you-should-know/
ban + advocacy organization information - http://weleavehome.tumblr.com/post/156513263333/feministpsychologist-sauvamente-what-are-some
