Nouri Gana was born and educated in Tunisia; he lived and studied in Canada and now lives and works in the United States. He prefers to see himself in part as an amateur poet and fiction writer. He published poetry and fiction in Postcolonial Text, EnterText, Tingis Magazine, and Global Comment.
Nouri Gana
Department of Humanities
University of Michigan-Dearborn
4901 Evergreen Road
Dearborn, MI 48128-1491
I collect my organs, war after war
Snatch them from the fists of history
From the jaws of Sabra & Shatila,
The sharks of Jenin, the hawks of Fallujah,
And the necro-remains of Rwanda and Darfour
I stitch them together, war after war
And weave myself adieus
Peace by peace, war after war
Faintly my thoughts return
To trace the promissory scene
The Fallouja reception
In honor of the Fellowship of Liberation and Peace