This piece, inspired by Darwish’s sentiment of “i remember them”, conveys the essence of collective remembrance. It is about the importance of recalling one another, our abandoned homes, and stolen gardens. A shared journey of rebuilding new realities while carrying a piece of individual selves into the collective narrative.
Who Remembers the Armenians?
I remember them
and I ride the nightmare bus with them
each night
and my coffee, this morning
I’m drinking it with them
You, murderer –
Who remembers you?
Najwan Darwish
translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid
I remember them
Year 2014 I Poem Collection “Nothing more to lose”
The title of this poem by palestinian poet Najwan Darwish references a Hitler speech from August 1933 using the Armenian Genocide to justify the Genocide of Polish Jews.
