Iraq’s most prominent woman poet, Nazik al-Malaika (1923–2007) was a leader of the “free verse” movement that modernized Arabic poetry and meter.
Nazik al-Malaika
Articles by Nazik al-Malaika
Tuesday May 1
from Revolt Against the Sun
She died, but no lips shook, no cheeks turned white / no doors heard her death tale told and retold, / no blinds were raised for small eyes to behold / the casket as it disappeared from sight.