Publications
Books
Poetry Collection: Some Things Never Leave You, published by Tiger Bark Press, July 2023 (order here:
https://www.tigerbarkpress.com/catalog/p/some-things-never-leave-you-zeina-azzam)
Chapbook: Bayna Bayna, In-Between, published by The Poetry Box, May 2021 (order here: thepoetrybox.com)
https://www.tigerbarkpress.com/catalog/p/some-things-never-leave-you-zeina-azzam)
Chapbook: Bayna Bayna, In-Between, published by The Poetry Box, May 2021 (order here: thepoetrybox.com)
Select Poems
"Comet" in Plume Poetry. Also read Zeina's brief comment on the poem here.
“Death in War,” “Orphaned,” and “The Physics and Chemistry of Things” in The KNOT Magazine (note that the magazine nominated
"Death in War" for a Pushcart Prize)
“Omens” in Tellus Journal
“Nine Spice Mix” in Poem-a-Day, Academy of American Poets
“Learning to Make a Bed” in Passager Journal
“Leaving My Childhood Home” in Split this Rock
"My Father's Hands” in Heartwood Literary Magazine
“Seed” in Poetry X Hunger
“Colors for the Diaspora” in Lunch Ticket
“Syria’s Disappeared” in The Fourth River: The Displacement Issue
“Syrian Refugee at the Dental Clinic” in Beltway Poetry Quarterly
“Traveling with the Speed of Light” in Beltway Poetry Quarterly
“Bayna Bayna, In-Between” (poem) in Voice Male
“Losses” and "Dinnertime” in Sukoon Magazine
“Non-Lieux” and “Khayr” in Mizna: The Palestine Issue
“Speaking Arabic and English,” “Bicultural,” and “To the Mother in Baghdad” in Mizna (2006)
“Death in War,” “Orphaned,” and “The Physics and Chemistry of Things” in The KNOT Magazine (note that the magazine nominated
"Death in War" for a Pushcart Prize)
“Omens” in Tellus Journal
“Nine Spice Mix” in Poem-a-Day, Academy of American Poets
“Learning to Make a Bed” in Passager Journal
“Leaving My Childhood Home” in Split this Rock
"My Father's Hands” in Heartwood Literary Magazine
“Seed” in Poetry X Hunger
“Colors for the Diaspora” in Lunch Ticket
“Syria’s Disappeared” in The Fourth River: The Displacement Issue
“Syrian Refugee at the Dental Clinic” in Beltway Poetry Quarterly
“Traveling with the Speed of Light” in Beltway Poetry Quarterly
“Bayna Bayna, In-Between” (poem) in Voice Male
“Losses” and "Dinnertime” in Sukoon Magazine
“Non-Lieux” and “Khayr” in Mizna: The Palestine Issue
“Speaking Arabic and English,” “Bicultural,” and “To the Mother in Baghdad” in Mizna (2006)
Poems Written as Poet Laureate for Alexandria, Virginia
"For the River, for Our City"
"The Earth Speaks: Honoring the Lives of Benjamin Thomas and Joseph McCoy"
“In Memory of Benjamin Thomas, 1883-1899”
“Like the Trees in Alexandria”
“To Bring Justice Near: A Poem for Joseph McCoy”
"The Earth Speaks: Honoring the Lives of Benjamin Thomas and Joseph McCoy"
“In Memory of Benjamin Thomas, 1883-1899”
“Like the Trees in Alexandria”
“To Bring Justice Near: A Poem for Joseph McCoy”
Poems in Edited Volumes and Anthologies
“Nafas in the Kitchen” in Resilient Kitchens: American Immigrant Cooking in a Time of Crisis (forthcoming)
“Hugging the Tree” and “Far Side of the Moon” in Poetry Society of Virginia Anthology (forthcoming)
"Historian of Haifa," "Iraqi Refugee Stories: Three Poems for Iraq," and "Dante and the Drum Circle" in Soul Spaces: Poems on Cities,
Towns & Villages (forthcoming)
“A Refugee Grows Old,” “A Language for Colors,” “A Grammar for Fleeing,” “To Bring Justice Near: A Poem for Joseph McCoy,” and
“Like the Trees in Alexandria” in The Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume IX: Virginia, 2022
“My Father’s Hands” in The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy, 2022
“Seed” in Quilted Poems: An Ekphrastic Collection of Poets and Quilters, 2022
“At the Workshop on Identity and Ethnicity” and “Nafas in the Kitchen” in Making Levantine Cuisine: Modern Foodways
of the Eastern Mediterranean, 2021
“My Corona Journal” in Tales from Six Feet Apart, 2021 (p. 179)
“You Could Tell Yourself” in Poetry Virginia, 2020
“After 93 Years” in Bettering American Poetry, Vol. 3, 2019
“Leaving My Childhood Home” and “Colors for the Diaspora” in Making Mirrors: Writing/Righting by and for Refugees, 2019
“Flying” in The Poeming Pigeon: Love Poems, 2017
“Ferguson and Gaza” in Gaza Unsilenced, 2015
“Mercury’s Transit” and “Reclaiming the Oasis” in Yellow as Turmeric, Fragrant as Cloves: Asian American Female Poets Anthology, 2008
“Hugging the Tree” and “Far Side of the Moon” in Poetry Society of Virginia Anthology (forthcoming)
"Historian of Haifa," "Iraqi Refugee Stories: Three Poems for Iraq," and "Dante and the Drum Circle" in Soul Spaces: Poems on Cities,
Towns & Villages (forthcoming)
“A Refugee Grows Old,” “A Language for Colors,” “A Grammar for Fleeing,” “To Bring Justice Near: A Poem for Joseph McCoy,” and
“Like the Trees in Alexandria” in The Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume IX: Virginia, 2022
“My Father’s Hands” in The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy, 2022
“Seed” in Quilted Poems: An Ekphrastic Collection of Poets and Quilters, 2022
“At the Workshop on Identity and Ethnicity” and “Nafas in the Kitchen” in Making Levantine Cuisine: Modern Foodways
of the Eastern Mediterranean, 2021
“My Corona Journal” in Tales from Six Feet Apart, 2021 (p. 179)
“You Could Tell Yourself” in Poetry Virginia, 2020
“After 93 Years” in Bettering American Poetry, Vol. 3, 2019
“Leaving My Childhood Home” and “Colors for the Diaspora” in Making Mirrors: Writing/Righting by and for Refugees, 2019
“Flying” in The Poeming Pigeon: Love Poems, 2017
“Ferguson and Gaza” in Gaza Unsilenced, 2015
“Mercury’s Transit” and “Reclaiming the Oasis” in Yellow as Turmeric, Fragrant as Cloves: Asian American Female Poets Anthology, 2008
Poems in Museum/Gallery Exhibitions and Exhibition Catalogs
“Dante and the Drum Circle” in Art4Us, DC Unsettled, Studio 1469, Washington, DC, March 2022 Press Release
“Art in Our Breath” in “Art Is Not Optional” exhibition at Gallery Al-Quds, Washington, DC, January-February 2020
“Potomac River” in “Speak Your Truth: Black Lives Matter” exhibition at the Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA, October-December, 2020
“Bring the Moon with You,” “Burden on My Shoulders,” and “The Woman Who Carried Her Country over Her Head” in “Qais Al-Sindy 16x20x20" exhibition at Gallery Al-Quds, September 2018
“Crossing the Mediterranean” in “Water/ماء Trespassing Liquid Highways” at Gallery 102, George Washington University,
Washington, DC, September-October 2018
“Diving In” in “Peace & Identity” exhibition at JoAnn Rose Gallery, Reston, VA, April 2018
“Art in Our Breath” in “Art Is Not Optional” exhibition at Gallery Al-Quds, Washington, DC, January-February 2020
“Potomac River” in “Speak Your Truth: Black Lives Matter” exhibition at the Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA, October-December, 2020
“Bring the Moon with You,” “Burden on My Shoulders,” and “The Woman Who Carried Her Country over Her Head” in “Qais Al-Sindy 16x20x20" exhibition at Gallery Al-Quds, September 2018
“Crossing the Mediterranean” in “Water/ماء Trespassing Liquid Highways” at Gallery 102, George Washington University,
Washington, DC, September-October 2018
“Diving In” in “Peace & Identity” exhibition at JoAnn Rose Gallery, Reston, VA, April 2018
Select Essays
"The Wonder of Words" in Alexandria Times, January 5, 2023
"The Power of Poetry" in Alexandria Times, November 18, 2022
“What Is a Poet Laureate?” in Alexandria Times, June 23, 2022
“Like a Song with Wings: Letter to My Yet-to-Be-Born Grandson” in Voice Male
“Eleven Arabic-Language Poets: Muhammad al-Maghout, Saniyya Saleh, Suheir Abu Oksa Daoud, Tariq al-Karmi, Khawla Dunia,
Widad Nabi, Mohamed Ali Yousfi, Fowziyya Abu- Khalid, Adel Mahmoud, Taleb Abdulazeez, and Essayed Taha” (essay and
translations with Sharif Elmusa) in Loch Raven Review (note that the journal nominated one of the poetry translations for a
Pushcart Prize that year)
"Palestine is always close to my heart even if I'm far away" in Anera's The Olive Press Blog
“Palestine Profiles: Poet Fadwa Tuqan” at The Jerusalem Fund website
“The Arabic Language: The Glue that Binds the Arab World” in Amideast's Young Voices from the Arab World
"The Power of Poetry" in Alexandria Times, November 18, 2022
“What Is a Poet Laureate?” in Alexandria Times, June 23, 2022
“Like a Song with Wings: Letter to My Yet-to-Be-Born Grandson” in Voice Male
“Eleven Arabic-Language Poets: Muhammad al-Maghout, Saniyya Saleh, Suheir Abu Oksa Daoud, Tariq al-Karmi, Khawla Dunia,
Widad Nabi, Mohamed Ali Yousfi, Fowziyya Abu- Khalid, Adel Mahmoud, Taleb Abdulazeez, and Essayed Taha” (essay and
translations with Sharif Elmusa) in Loch Raven Review (note that the journal nominated one of the poetry translations for a
Pushcart Prize that year)
"Palestine is always close to my heart even if I'm far away" in Anera's The Olive Press Blog
“Palestine Profiles: Poet Fadwa Tuqan” at The Jerusalem Fund website
“The Arabic Language: The Glue that Binds the Arab World” in Amideast's Young Voices from the Arab World
