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Rana Bitar, MD, MFA
Author & Poet
AUTHOR & POET
RANA BITAR
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A Human Voice: AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF THE IHRAF PUBLISHES LITERARY MAGAZINE
To celebrate and uplift up-and-coming authors from all over the world whose writing centers on social justice and activist themes.
Oct 18, 20221 min read
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Beltway Poetry Quarterly, African Breasts: by Nizar Qabbani
African Breasts: by Nizar Qabbani; Translated by Rana Bitar with Robert Bensen
Sep 1, 20224 min read
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Last Christmas by Rana Bitar
Last Christmas Can someone tell that pine tree, lying behind the gate over a bed of fading grass and no pillow, —trunk naked, bark...
Apr 26, 20221 min read
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The Nonconformist A Lesson in Drawing
By Nizar Qabbani | Rana Bitar | Robert Bensen
Mar 1, 20221 min read
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The American Journal of Poetry | Nizar Qabbani-Translated from Arabic by Rana Bitar & Robert Bensen
I Love You to Lift Up the Sky
Jan 30, 20221 min read
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Black Coffee ReviewApocalypse: Special IssueSelf-Quarantine
Isolation’s color bleeds into the hallways of my house to the street of my town, to the plazas and the bridges and the riverbanks and the...
Jan 18, 20221 min read
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AGNI | Nizar Qabbani-Translated from Arabic by Rana Bitar with Robert Bensen
Bread, Hashish, and the Moon
Nov 11, 20211 min read
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The Concrete Desert Review
Travelling and Exodus | 2 Published Poems by Rana Bitar| Issue Two
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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The Nonconformist, May 19, 2021 Rhapsodies of Seduction
I. Think Of Me Think of me Pull my face from behind the clock’s ticks and tocks. Look —in the blackness of my eyes— for a pillow to rest...
May 19, 20211 min read
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The NonconformistStanding in Linesby Nizar Qabbani
I asked for some sunshine The policeman said, Stand in line, mister I asked for some ink to write my name They said, Stand in line I...
Mar 17, 20211 min read
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The Nonconformist The Train Of Sorrows By Nizar Qabbani
I take thousands of trains and I ride my tragedy I ride the cloud of my cigarette I carry in my only one suitcase the addresses of my...
Mar 7, 20211 min read
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The Deadly Writers Patrol #18. Spring 2021. Made in Vietnam.
Source: https://www.deadlywriterspatrol.org/order/895mmwe5z81o4zy99eclbplhhd10uo
Mar 3, 20211 min read
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Illuminations - V36, Spring 2021 Translated Poetry of Nizar Qabbani.
Illuminations made its first appearance in Columbia, South Carolina in 1982 under the editorship of Peter MacMillan. The issue featured...
Mar 2, 20211 min read
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El Portal, Volume 79, Num 1, Spring 2021. Savoring Fear
Source: https://elportaljournal.com/issues/
Mar 1, 20211 min read
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The Sextant Review Issue II - 2020 Cinderella in Arabia
Source: https://www.sextantreview.com/issues
Dec 1, 20201 min read
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Beltway Poetry Quarterly Fall 2020 - Issue 21:4Viral Dream
Daddy’s face was our Central Park We ran on the banks of his mouth We sledded on the hill of his nose We made faces at ourselves in the...
Sep 30, 20201 min read
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DoveTales A Writing for Peace Literary Journal of the Arts Summer 2020, The Shades of Black
Nine minutes. Long enough for history to unfold before the eyes Long enough to squeeze forgetting out of collective sleepy lungs one...
Aug 1, 20202 min read
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Seeing Things an Anthology of Poetry Revelations | An Early Drive to Work | Crush | Letting Go
"We see things. And sometimes we SEE things. And some of us want, or are compelled, to make things we see into words, to pursue what the...
Jun 13, 20202 min read
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The Phoenix Issue 61, 2020 Letting Go
Interested in getting your hands on the 61st issue of The Phoenix? Here's your chance! In lieu of a Launch Party release, copies for our...
Jun 1, 20201 min read
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The Dewdrop Isolation Shorts April 5, 2020
Right now, millions of us over the planet are staying behind closed doors in unison, away from our jobs, activities and the people we...
May 7, 20201 min read
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