On Staircases, Amman, and Poetry: A Conversation between Zein Sa'dedin and Summer Farah

In celebration to her pamphlet release, Zein sits down with Summer to talk about poetry in the Arab World, resisting self-orientalism, the countless staircases of Amman, and more.

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Summer Farah is a Palestinian American poet and editor. She is the outreach coordinator for the Radius of Arab American writers. Summer is currently a reviewer at Vagabond City Lit and co-writes the biweekly newsletter Letters to Summer. Her work has been published in or is forthcoming from Mizna, LitHub, The Rumpus, and other places. Twitter and website.

Zein Sa'dedin is a poet, editor, and educator from and currently based in Amman, Jordan. She is the founding editor-in-chief of BAHR // بحر and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of St Andrews. Her work has appeared in The Shuruq Festival, Zarf Poetry, Third Coast Magazine, Cordite Poetry Review, and others. Her pamphlet staircase is out with ignitionpress in August 2021.