Poems

A selection of the following poems were shortlisted for The Emma Press poetry pamphlet collection in 2020, by the Verve Poetry Press in 2022 and for Primers Volume 7 in 2023.

“Dear Soldiers”, Poetry Ireland Review

“The Ball”, Nine Arches Press website (shortlisted for Primers Volume 7)

“Daybreak“, Under the Radar
(runner up in Ambit’s 2018 Poetry competition, judged by Malika Booker)

“The Book of Coming Forth by Day“, The Emma Press Anthology of Love

“Mother Sun“, Rowayat

“The Foreigner“, “A walk in the divided city“, The Other Side of Hope

“Disappearing” – Issue 9, “Health and Illness”, of Rusted Radishes

“Ghosts of the Gulf War“, Magma 75: Loss

“Leaving work at midnight“, Magma 74: Work
(in memory of journalist Hassan al-Wadhaf who was shot dead by a sniper in Yemen in September 2011)

“Yesterday’s news was forgotten by morning“, Ink, Sweat and Tears

“The Story of Ka“, Nimrod Journal

“The Egyptian”, “Reacquaintance“, “To me belongs yesterday, I know tomorrow“, Anomaly
(included in Egyptian Streets’ roundup: “11 Literary works by Egyptian writers”)