The twelve poems below won first and second place in the inaugural Barjeel Poetry Prize 2020, judged by distinguished poets. The Barjeel Poetry Prize celebrates poetry, in Arabic and English, that opens a worldwide conversation with twenty selected Arab artworks from the Barjeel Art Foundation.
Click here for more information about the Prize at Barjeel Art Foundation’s website.
English-language poem by authors of Arab heritage (adult)
Judged by poet Hala Alyan

BODY PARTS

CHANSON MYSTIQUE
English-language poem by authors of Arab heritage (14–18)
Judged by poet Naomi Shihab Nye

NEWS WITHOUT NEWS

THREE PALESTINIAN BOYS
English-language poem by international authors (adult)
Judged by poet Tishani Doshi

UNCHARTED MAP OF THE BODY AND REMEMBRANCE OF CHILDHOOD

WOMAN AND WALL
English-language poem by international authors (14–18)
Judged by poet Raymond Antrobus

WOMAN AND WALL

FINDING HOME IN LONELINESS
فئة القصيدة باللغة العربية (للبالغين)
والحكم الشاعرة أسماء عزايزة

إناء الصبّار الحارس

قبل العناق الأخير
فئة القصيدة باللغة العربية (لليافعين ١٤–١٨)
والحكم الشاعر جولان حاجي

بلدتي الصغيرة

