Batool Abu Akleen

Batool Abu akleen is a 20-year-old Palestinian poet and translator, born and raised in Gaza City.  She is studying English literature and translation at the Islamic University of Gaza. At the age of 15, Abu Akleen won the Parjeel Poetry Prize for her poem ‘I Did Not Steal the Cloud’ which was also translated and published as part of the anthology Di acqua e di tempo. In 2024 She was the Poet in Resistance with Modern Popetry in Translation. This May, her debut bilingual poetry collection 48kgs will be published by Tenement Press.