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A review by balfies
The Flirtation of Girls / Ghazal el-Banat by Sara M Saleh
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
3.5
This poetry collection by Sara M Saleh advocates for beauty and self expression and connection with tenacity and care - I've tabbed a few favourites for the future.
I saw Saleh speak at Better Read Than Dead's panel Live To Tell My Story, which brought together Arab Australian and Indigenous writers and activists to talk about the significance of solidarity and art in the face of the ongoing Palestinian genocide.
Three of my favourite lines:
"Coal thinks the world is hot wherever you place it"
"Kiss me the way one kisses a grenade before hurling it into the night"
"If ancestral homeland / gets me killed someday, / I'll die like our trees, standing up"
I saw Saleh speak at Better Read Than Dead's panel Live To Tell My Story, which brought together Arab Australian and Indigenous writers and activists to talk about the significance of solidarity and art in the face of the ongoing Palestinian genocide.
Three of my favourite lines:
"Coal thinks the world is hot wherever you place it"
"Kiss me the way one kisses a grenade before hurling it into the night"
"If ancestral homeland / gets me killed someday, / I'll die like our trees, standing up"
Content Warnings
Graphic: War and Violence