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Sophia Naz
@sophianaz.bsky.social
Poet, author,artist,translator. Desi feminist. My latest collection of poetry is Bark Archipelago. www.sophianaz.com
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Classic short fiction on the Nakba by Palestinian writer Mahmoud Saif al-Din al-Irani (1914-1974), tr. Amr El-Zawawy.

"The Last Bullet":
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Classic Short Fiction: al-Irani’s The Last Bullet
A classic short story by Palestinian writer Mahmoud Saif al-Din al-Irani in which wealthy men in Amman tell a Palestinian waiter he should be happy.
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December 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Do join us for the debut performance of Mirrored Gestures at the Koret Auditorium, SF Public Library Sept 28 at 4pm #poetry #dance #SFPL
September 23, 2025 at 4:41 AM
My poem ‘ Night Sequins’ at SWWIM x Matwaala @sepoy.bsky.social @afilreis.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Bay Area folks, looking forward to seeing you on the 6th of June at #MedicineForNightmares
May 28, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Calla Lily, Spring 2025
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March 2, 2025 at 3:43 AM
A review of Bark Archipelago by Shweta Rao Garg, as I leave FB I am posting these links as an introduction to new folks and a retrospective for those who know my work.

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Language a double meaning bow: Sophia Naz’s Bark Archipelago, reviewed by Shweta Rao Garg - Beltway Poetry Quarterly
Publisher: Weavers Press, San Francisco, 2023 ISBN 978-8-9872152-0-3 Being bi-lingual is like being an amphibian. It’s a state of being at ease (and unease) with the intermingling fluid realms of two ...
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January 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Inferno, Sumi ink and watercolor. Having lost my home to wildfires in 2017 it’s especially heartbreaking and triggering to watch the immense scale of devastation in LA. I’m painting what is burned in my psyche. #lafire #climatecrisis
January 11, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Reposted by Sophia Naz
Today’s Featured Poem:

“Selected Poems of Malcolm de Chazal” translated by Sara Nicholson, from the First Summer Issue of Common Place.

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Selected Poems of Malcolm de Chazal – Poetry Daily
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December 27, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Adieu Ustad Zakir Hussain, a huge and unfathomable loss for the world of music.

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Zakir Hussain “The 2022 Kyoto Prize Commemorative Lecture and Performance in Arts and Philosophy”
YouTube video by Kyoto Prize
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December 16, 2024 at 5:15 AM