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In this week's episode of Words That Burn, I take a look at the powerful poem 'Fuck Your Lecture On Craft, My People Are Dying' by Palestinian American poet Noor Hindi.
The poem found a surge of interest during the lockdowns of 2020 and became phenomenally popular on social media, with thousands of shares and retweets. Given its unflinching disdain for injustice and searing language that refuses to allow passivity to take hold in its audience, it's not hard to see why.
This abrasive but essential poem sheds light on the ongoing plight of the Palestinian people, revealing the grim realities of occupation through poignant imagery. We explore Hindi's critique of colonial mindsets and her challenge to academic conventions, which increasingly seem like hollow, banal rhetoric.
As violence and suffering continue to devastate Gaza, Hindi's words resonate with urgency and a yearning for justice. The poem is her call for decolonised thinking and is an excellent showcase of her ability to connect the personal with the political in a deeply moving way.
I look at Hindi's unique voice as she cuts through layers of rhetoric to present a searingly honest portrait of Palestinian resistance.
Brigid Quirke's Excellent Breakdown of the Poem
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'Cicadas' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
Listen to more Palestinian poetry:
Listen to the Episode on Mahmoud Darwish
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