Poetry

Palestine Verses – Interpal Poetry Competition 2016

To all the poets out there: Interpal’s poetry competition ‘Palestine Verses’ is back! Entrants can write about anything they wish related to Palestine and the Palestinian people. The winner will have the opportunity to read their poem at Interpal Nakba Commemoration event, Nakba Narratives, which will take place at the…

Palestine Verses – Interpal Poetry Competition 2016

To all the poets out there: Interpal’s poetry competition ‘Palestine Verses’ is back! Entrants can write about anything they wish related to Palestine and the Palestinian people. The winner will have the opportunity to read their poem at Interpal Nakba Commemoration event, Nakba Narratives, which will take place at the…

Happy ‪World Poetry Day‬!

We’d like to share one of Mahmoud Darwish’s most famous poems, “I Come From There”: I come from there and I have memories Born as mortals are, I have a mother And a house with many windows, I have brothers, friends, And a prison cell with a cold window. Mine…

Charity Iftar this Sunday in London (Whitechapel)!  Reminder by Sheikh Abu Ibrahim Qur’an Recitation Poetry by Palestinian poet Zakaria Haj Khalil Followed by a delicious 3 course buffet iftar! Book now!

Interpal Poetry Competition 2014: Our Gaza Field Office recently planted olive trees in the names of our winner Alex Burrett, and runners-up Hafsah Aneela Bashir and Aisha Mirza. Read Alex’s poem