Poetic justice: The writer Najwan Darwish on PalFest and his first volume of poetry

We talk to the Jerusalem-based poet and journalist Najwan Darwish, who is taking part in the sixth annual Palfest, a nine-day literary event taking place across five cities in the Occupied West Bank, within the Green Line and in Gaza.

Najwan Darwish is a Jerusalenm-based writer. Courtesy Najwan Darwish

The writer Najwan Darwish's first volume of poetry will be published by The New York Review of Books next year. He talks to Jessica Holland about the Palestinian literary event, PalFest, and his job there as an adviser – which he says can involve work that even interns refuse to do.

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