Yousif M Qasmiyeh

Yousif M. Qasmiyeh is a Palestinian scholar and poet who was born and educated in Baddawi refugee camp and whose doctoral research at the University of Oxford examined containment and the archive in 'refugee writing.' His poetry and prose have appeared in journals including MPT, Stand, PN Review and Poetry London. His collection, Writing the Camp (Broken Sleep Books, 2021) was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation, and was shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje Prize. His...See more

Yousif M. Qasmiyeh is a Palestinian scholar and poet who was born and educated in Baddawi refugee camp and whose doctoral research at the University of Oxford examined containment and the archive in 'refugee writing.' His poetry and prose have appeared in journals including MPT, Stand, PN Review and Poetry London. His collection, Writing the Camp (Broken Sleep Books, 2021) was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation, and was shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje Prize. His latest book is Eating the Archive (2023, Broken Sleep Books). See less