Something missing from this world : contemporary Yazidi poetry / edited by Bryar Bajalan, Alana Marie Levinson-LaBrosse, Shook, and Zêdan Xelef.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bajalan, Bryar, editor.

Levinson-LaBrosse, Alana Marie, editor.

Shook, David (Poet), 1986- editor.

Xelef, Zêdan, 1995- editor.

Language:

Arabic

English

Kurdish

Subjects (All):

Yezidi poetry, Arabic--21st century.

Yezidi poetry, Arabic.

Yezidi poetry, Arabic--21st century--Translations into English.

Yezidi poetry, Kurdish--21st century.

Yezidi poetry, Kurdish.

Yezidi poetry, Kurdish--21st century--Translations into English.

Physical Description:

163 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First US edition.

Place of Publication:

Dallas, Texas : Phoneme Media/Deep Vellum, 2024.

Language Note:

Text in English ; with parallel translated English and Arabic ; with parallel translated English and Kurdish.

Summary:

"A bold, multilingual anthology of Yazidi poetic voices. Ten years have passed since the 73rd genocide of the Yazidis, who have faced ongoing persecution, displacement and ethnic cleansing from their ancestral lands in the Kurdish regions. In wake of this new genocidal violence, new poetic voices have emerged in university campuses and IDP camps along the borders of Syria, Iraq, and Turkey. With globalizing forces compounding the erasure of their culture and traditions, the Yazidi poets in this multilingual anthology firmly stand their ground, their art a testament to Yazidi resistance and presence. The poetic tradition of the Yazidis has historically preserved and documented instances of their traditions, dispossessions and erasures. This anthology joins in this chorus; it is its own act of witnessing to recount the 2014 genocide for future generations. It is also a documenting of their dreams, hopes, trials of the poets and their families, community-making practices as shown by how the editors and poets found each other and came together. Translated from both Arabic and Kurmanji, the poets in this anthology affirm that they, indeed, will not let Yazidi voices be missed from this world"-- Provided by publisher.

Other Format:

Online version: Something missing from this world.

ISBN:

9781646053476

1646053478

OCLC:

1442343361

Publisher Number:

90100183747