Cover of Mohammed El-Kurd's debut book of poetry, RIFQA, on the left. On the right, endorsements from various publications: The New Arab, LA Review of Books, Middle East Eye, Mondoweiss

  • "These words remind me that home is a series of shared memories, not brick and mortar. Home is where we go to remember and revisit who we’ve always been. Mohammed El-Kurd’s poetry is a home returned to us.”

    —Aja Monet, from the foreword

  • "These are poems that hurl themselves at the boundaries of what poems can do; lyrics that put a premium on anger, that reflect the serrated edges of living in the world today, that gift new and powerful phrases to the lexicon of liberation.”

    —Ahdaf Soueif, author of Cairo: My City, Our Revolution

  • “Rifqa is an absolute marvel, and El-Kurd is precisely the kind of poet— Palestinian or otherwise—we need right now: unafraid of the truth."

    —Hala Alyan, author, The Arsonists’ City