Palestinian Wedding: Palestinian Resistance Poetry in the Twentieth Century – A Bilingual Reader

Poetry is Palestine’s most cherished art form – a way to voice resistance and preserve cultural memory. This powerful bilingual anthology captures a century of both celebration and struggle.

The twenty-one poets gathered here span a remarkable range: from the lyrical rhetoric of Tawfiq Zayyad to the cosmic imagery of Walid al-Halis; from the romantic cadences of Salma al-Jayyusi to the profound sense of belonging in Mahmoud Darwish. Together, their work embodies the enduring spirit of a people who once all called Palestine home.

Edited and introduced by the literary scholar A.M. Elmessiri, The Palestinian Wedding is arranged around six resonant themes: revolution, war, elegy, belonging, resistance and steadfastness.