Her performance of poems like ‘We Teach Life, Sir’ and ‘Shades of Anger’ went viral within days of its release. Her live readings offer a moving blend of poetry and music. Since releasing her first album, Rafeef has headlined prestigious performance venues across several countries with powerful readings on war, exile, gender and racism.
Rafeef’s debut ablum Hadeel is dedicated to Palestinian youth, who still fly kites in the face of F16 bombers, who still remember the names of their villages in Palestine and still hear the sound of Hadeel over Gaza.
About - Rafeef Ziadah
Although Ziadah began writing at a very early age, her first public performance was not until 2004, while studying at York University, Toronto, in reaction to an incident during a creative action demonstration. During the demonstration, students recreated a checkpoint with Israeli soldiers and Palestinian civilians.
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An interview with Palestinian poet, Rafeef Ziadah
in: Women's View on News, May 14, 2012
An interview with Palestinian poet, Rafeef Ziadah | Women's Views on News An interview with Palestine refugee, Rafeef Ziadah on her thoughts and dreams for Palestine.
[...] “My family are refugees to Haifa,” she says. “But part of my family are internally displaced inside Israel.”
Ziadah was born in Beirut, a third generation refugee. Some of her first childhood memories were of the 1982 siege and bombing of Beirut.
“After that, my family left Beirut and we were always travelling around being stateless Palestinians, constantly deported from one country to the other, until I finally settled in Canada to do my PhD”, she says. “I have only recently come to London.”
Although she has never visited Palestine herself, Ziadah recalled the deeply entrenched... (continuer)
Ho scritto questa poesia mentre stavo facendo un’azione diretta nella mia università.C’erano cittadini palestinesi e soldati israeliani. Mi sento parecchio piccola in questa situazione così ho pensato: “Sarò soltanto una palestinese, mi rifiuto di essere una colonizzatrice o una militare!” Così ero stesa a terra e questo tizio è venuto, mi ha tirato un calcio all’altezza dell’intestino e ha detto: “ti meriti di essere stuprata prima di avere i tuoi figli terroristi!”
Al momento non ho risposto nulla, ma poi ho scritto questa poesia per questo giovane gentiluomo.
Her performance of poems like ‘We Teach Life, Sir’ and ‘Shades of Anger’ went viral within days of its release. Her live readings offer a moving blend of poetry and music. Since releasing her first album, Rafeef has headlined prestigious performance venues across several countries with powerful readings on war, exile, gender and racism.
Rafeef’s debut ablum Hadeel is dedicated to Palestinian youth, who still fly kites in the face of F16 bombers, who still remember the names of their villages in Palestine and still hear the sound of Hadeel over Gaza.
About - Rafeef Ziadah
Although Ziadah began writing at a very early age, her first public performance was not until 2004, while studying at York University, Toronto, in reaction to an incident during a creative action demonstration. During the demonstration, students recreated a checkpoint with Israeli soldiers and Palestinian civilians.
“I... (continuer)