Sarah Irving

I do things with words, mainly English and Arabic

New review: ‘Nothing More to Lose’

Electronic Intifada, 27th May 2014 With this collection of Najwan Darwish’s poetry — beautifully translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid — The New York Review of Books has made available to … Continue reading

May 27, 2014 · 1 Comment

New review: ‘Dear Darwish’

Electronic Intifada, 23rd May 2014 And the poetry itself is often good — moving, sophisticated. If this were a review solely based on the aesthetic quality of the poetry it … Continue reading

May 23, 2014 · Leave a comment

A Bird is Not a Stone

Since it has been one of the consuming passions of the last eighteen months of my life, it seems about time that I post something on here about A Bird … Continue reading

May 23, 2014 · 2 Comments

We’re all doomed, I tell you…

I don’t usually write things like this. In fact, I spend a lot of time telling Husband to shut up when he writes/rants on about it. I nearly throttled him … Continue reading

May 13, 2014 · 2 Comments