Riyasa Ismail, Lebanon

Poet

A poet from southern Lebanon, from the village of Beit Leef, born in 2000. 

She writes about memory, place, and identity

She writes for the “Manateq” website, and her poems have been published in the “Kalimat” supplement of the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar.  

Her first collection of poetry is forthcoming.  

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Articles by Riyasa Ismail, Lebanon

"somewhere behind the gunfire.  I reached out my hands  the way believing women reach out,  the way sorceresses do,  the way mothers reach out, giving birth beneath a tree."

Southern Woman

8 September 2026

Riyasa Ismail, Lebanon

Poet

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