Translator Fady Joudah Reads Mahmoud Darwish
Hear Fady Joudah read from his award-winning translations of major Arabic poet Mahmoud Darwish.
Joudah appeared as part of the Center for the Art of Translation's Lit&Lunch series. Click here for the Center's full audio archive.
Joudah reading "I Have the Wisdom of One Condemned to Death":
(2:20)
Joudah reading "We Walk On the Bridge":
(3:21)
Joudah reading "In Jerusalem":
(2:00)
Joudah reading "Take My Horse and Slaughter It":
(1:40)
Joudah reading "Who Am I Without Exile":
(2:28)
Wherever I Lie Is Your Bed
Fady Joudah's translation Mahmoud Darwish's substantial, never-before-translated poem, "Rita's Winter," appears in the Center's forthcoming anthology of literature in translation, Wherever I Lie Is Your Bed. You can place an advance order for the book—which contains translations of Günter Grass, Yoko Tawada, Adonis, and special translators' introductions—on the Center's order page.
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