Poetry recital
A poetry recital bringing together two voices that dialogue between Gaza and Barcelona. The Palestinian poet Mohammed Bitari and the Catalan poet Mireia Calafell share verses on memory, exile and resistance, in a space where words become a tool for freedom and encounter. Opening Speech: With the International Organising Committee and the participation of Belén López Sánchez, General Secretary of CCOO of Catalonia.
Speakers
Mohammad Bitari
Palestinian poet, translator, writer and journalist
Born in the Yarmouk refugee camp (Damascus, 1990), he has lived in Barcelona since 2013, where he arrived as an asylum seeker after being detained by the Syrian intelligence services for his journalistic work. His poetry explores themes of uprooting, memory and identity. Founder of Èter Edicions and translator of Catalan and Spanish-language authors.
Mireia Calafell
Poet and cultural producer
Her work explores the body as a space of memory and resistance, with a diction attentive to orality. Author of Poètiques del cos, Costures, Tantes mudes (Lletra d’Or Prize 2014) and Si una emergència (Carles Riba Prize 2023). She has performed at international poetry festivals. Co-founder of La Sullivan and former co-director of Barcelona Poesia.
How to arrive
- Metro
- L4 Jaume I - L1 / L4 Urquinaona
- Bus
- V15, 47, 120, H16