Poetry of Hussein Habash, March 30

Join us for an afternoon of poetry written and read by Kurdish poet Hussein Habash.

Hussein Habash was born in 1970 in Afrin and is now based in Bonn, Germany. His work has been translated into over 25 languages and published in more than 150 international poetry anthologies. His books include:

Drowning in Roses (2002)
Fugitives Across the Evros River (2004)
Higher than Lust and Tastier than the Loin of a Deer (2007)
Delusions to Salim Barakat (2009)
A Flying Angel, Texts about the Children of Syria (2013)
Quince Fever (2019)
Dead People Arguing in the Halls (2020)
Drunken Trees (2022)
Peace for Afrin, Peace for Kurdistan (2021)
Bored Tired Statue, Divan in Kurdish (2021)

Habash has participated in major poetry festivals worldwide, ranging from Colombia and France to China and India. He has received numerous awards, including the International Best Poet Prize (China, 2016), the Hamid Bedirkhan Award (2022), the Bosnian Stećak Award (2022), and literary honors from Bangladesh and Morocco (2024).

The event will be hosted by NYKCC’s Yuksel Serindag. Kurdish tea and light refreshment will be served.

Date: March 30, 2025
Time: 2-5pm
Location: 275 Madison Ave #2114, New York, NY 10016

This event is sponsored by the New York Kurdish Cultural Center and the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung New York Office.