Hejaz Jalal

Hejaz Jalal is a queer Syrian-American poet and writer raised in Saudi Arabia.

“Objects,” “Womanhood” and “3awrah”

This boy that I loved, my first love, named parts of me Names full of admiration Names that never addressed me Foreign names of white women

Aurora I don’t like those names
Poetry
Issue 59, March 2022

Hejaz Jalal

Hejaz Jalal is a queer Syrian-American poet and writer raised in Saudi Arabia.

“Objects,” “Womanhood” and “3awrah”

This boy that I loved, my first love, named parts of me Names full of admiration Names that never addressed me Foreign names of white women

Aurora I don’t like those names
Poetry
Issue 59, March 2022
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