the Khayrallah Prize selection committee was deeply impressed by the linguistically and narratively multi-layered story Rula al-Jurdi tells across generations and continents linking village with mahjar (diaspora), and interweaving throughout the politics of gender, community and empire.
Dr. Akram Khater, Director of the Khayrallah Center
the story of Nour’s relationship to the camera comes from a world that resembles dreams, such that the realm of reality appears like translucent film images
Somar Shehadeh,
Majallat Rumman, May 2019
In their surreal quality, Rula’s poems such as, “A skyscraper like a cherry tree”, reconsider the clash between nature and urban modernism, transforming it into one of identification and interference….. New York triggers feelings of enchantment as lovers “hover over their bodies” like birds
Dr. Latifa Halim, With You (Ma`akum), September 2016
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Interviews
“With Rula Jurdi: Inquiries into Poetry (Humum Shiriyya)”, The New Arab (alarabi aljadeed), April 30, 2020 https://www.alaraby.co.uk/هموم-شعرية-مع-رلى-الجردي
Céline Fabre, “Poesie pour Al-Mutannabbi: La professeure Rula Jurdi prête ces mots à une esquisse brulante du patrimoine irakien,” Le Délit, 12 mars 2016 https://www.delitfrancais.com/2016/03/21/poesie-pour-al-mutanabbi/
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