Fady Joudah
Posted in 2025-2025 Readings and Talks
October 21, 2025 at 7:00PM ET
Location: Copley Formal Lounge
Join us for a reading featuring Palestinian-American poet Fady Joudah, hosted by Carolyn Forché.
Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made by October 14th to lannan@georgetown.edu. A good faith effort will be made to fulfill requests made after October 14th.
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–Fady Joudah
And out of nowhere a girl receives an ovation
from her rescuers,
all men
on their knees and bellies
clearing the man-made rubble
with their bare hands,
disfigured by dust
into ghosts.
All disasters are natural
including this one,
because humans are natural.
The rescuers tell her
she’s incredible, powerful,
and for a split second, before the weight
of her family’s disappearance
sinks her, she smiles,
like a child
who lived for seven years above ground
receiving praise.
From The Guardian, Poem of the week: […] by Fady Joudah.
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