One of my favourite poets. Breathtaking.
Tag Archives: spoken word
suheir hammed – when i stretch forth my hand (prod. by omar r.hamilton)
“Commissioned as part of a collective of personal responses (Gaza’s Winter) to the 08/09 assault on Gaza – the film uses the poetry of Suheir Hammad and a mixture of personal recordings, news material and found footage to explore the personal and political tensions born of Egypt’s role in the assault – and its wider relationship with Israel and Palestine.”
Mark Gonzalez – Wage Beauty (TEDxRamallah)
By far one of the best poets out there, saying it like it is, in a never short of breathtaking way…