Poems

A selection of the following poems were shortlisted for publication by The Emma Press, Verve Poetry Press, and Nine Arches Press’ Primers Volume 7.

‘The Art of Breaking‘, Poetry Wales

“Dear Soldiers”, Poetry Ireland Review

“The Ball”, Nine Arches Press blog

“Daybreak“, Under the Radar
runner up in the 2018 Ambit 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, shot dead by a sniper in Yemen in Sep, 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”