Writing
Kareem writes on a range of topics for different media outlets. His recent projects include essays on translation and a book-length ghost-writing/editing project on cutting-edge leadership practices in the field of international education.
Kareem's book The Poetics of Adonis and Yves Bonnefoy: Poetry as Spiritual Practice, which is a revised version of his PhD dissertation (Comparative Literature, UC Berkeley, 2016), was published by Lockwood Press in the Resources in Arabic and Islamic Studies series in 2021.
Kareem's book The Poetics of Adonis and Yves Bonnefoy: Poetry as Spiritual Practice, which is a revised version of his PhD dissertation (Comparative Literature, UC Berkeley, 2016), was published by Lockwood Press in the Resources in Arabic and Islamic Studies series in 2021.
Essays on Translation
Kareem’s essays on translation include:
- "Toward a Non-Dual Translational Poetics," in the book Poetry's Geographies: A Transatlantic Anthology of Translations. Edited by Katherine M. Hedeen and Zoë Skoulding. UK Edition: Shearsman Books, 2022. US Edition: Eulalia Books, 2023.
- An untitled reflection on translating Najwan Darwish's poetry for The Operating System on Medium.com, as part of National Poetry Month 2021.
- A Very Long Road to Publication. Or: Why You Shouldn't Give Up on Your "Failed" Translation Projects. Asymptote, 2020.
- On Translating al-Mu‘allaqāt, The Hanging Poems, on the Popula journalism website.
- “Three Versions of Adonis,” in the book Into English, ed. Martha Collins and Kevin Prufer, Graywolf Press, 2017
- “Translation’s Resistance: On Najwan Darwish,” in the book An Anthology of World Literature in Translation, ed. Karen An-hwei Lee et al., press TBD, forthcoming.
- “New Hegiras: Reflections on Translating Adonis,” in the book America and the Orient, ed. Heike Schäfer, Winter Verlag (Heidelberg University Press), 2006.
Other Writing
- “From Montana to Cairo, With Love: A Review of Pauls Toutonghi’s Novel Evil Knievel Days,” Public Books (January 28, 2013)
- “The Arab Spring and Adonis’ Revolution, in Context: A Reply to Sinan Antoon,” Jadaliyya (Sept. 19, 2011)
- Kareem also occasionally works as a ghostwriter.