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A Poet’s Take on Language, the Sea and Abortion — with Zeina Hashem Beck and Rasha Elass
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A Poet’s Take on Language, the Sea and Abortion — with Zeina Hashem Beck and Rasha Elass
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57 minutes
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Jul 7, 2022
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Lebanese poet Zeina Hashem Beck has been publishing poetry in Arabic and English for over a decade. Her latest collection of bilingual poems, titled “O,” was published at the beginning of July. In this episode she joins New Lines Magazine's Rasha Elass to share her thoughts on what inspires her bilingual verses and how they intertwine over themes of language, country and womanhood. They talk about abortion, leaving Lebanon and why she can’t live without the sea. Produced by Joshua Martin
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Jul 7, 2022
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