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About Bayan's Poetry

Bayan is a Palestinian writer, published poet, Licensed Social Worker, Tatreez Instructor, and founder of Badan Collective. She has been writing for 10 years with a focus on poetry, journaling, and short stories. The themes of her writing center topics like Palestine, faith, community, grief and healing.

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Read Published Poems

  • "How To Outlive a Colonizer"

    This piece, published on New Orleans Review, is a collision of tatreez and poetry as it explores how both forms of art can become an act of resistance.

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  • "To Be At War With Oneself is To Prevent War With Others"

    Published on Rowayat, a Literary Journal, this piece explores the layered tension between displacement, identity, and longing Palestinians in the diaspora can experience.

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  • "The Rubble and I Have a Toxic Relationship"

    Published by Sapelo Square, this poem explores the dichotomy between violence to and perseverance of the Palestinian community.

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  • "That One Day is Soon Coming"

    Mondoweiss published this poem that explores the bittersweet experience of a Palestinian in the diaspora who craves community in the homeland and is hopeful for finding it in the future.

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  • "I Received a Strange Text Today"

    Another published poem by Sapelo Square that puts into words the dystopian reality Palestinians in the diaspora experience as they navigate their lives while witnessing a genocide against their people.

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