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Arab Israeli women are one of the most underrepresented groups of writers in Israel and the world. It\\u2019s very difficult to find such work that's been translated into English. And so today, we spotlight the poetry of three such women.

I\\u2019m using Nathalie Handal\\u2019s anthology \\u201cThe Poetry of Arab Women.\\u201d

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\\u201cThe Path of Affection\\u201d by Laila Allush, translated by Abdelwahab M Elmessiri.

\\u201cI Love in White Ink\\u201d by Siham Da\\u2019oud, translated by Helen Knox and Smadar Lavie.

\\u201cInterlaced Lines for the Same Moment\\u201d by Ghada el-Shafa\\u2019I, translated by Atef Abu-Seif with Nathalie Handal.