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The unbearable beauty of Rifqa

RIFQAby Mohammed El-Kurd100 pp. Haymarket Books $16.00 RIFQA is a light, almost ethereal Arabic word that means companionship, compassion, or kindness. It is also the name of Mohammad el-Kurd’s grandmother and the title of his stunning debut poetry collection.  Although less than 100 pages, it took me days to read, mostly because I kept re-reading […]

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