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RAYA TUFFAHA

Writing

Poetry​

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"Ghost Reckoning (Call Us Immortal)" performed in Seattle on the 74th anniversary of the Nakba.
"Wheel of Fortune" took runner-up in the Emerging Writers category, Button Poetry Video Contest 2021

A sword in the foreground, with the sun shining behind it
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I Saw the Sword of David
Boxes of brightly colored spices
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When Exotic Becomes Side Dish
Hands creating a shadow on a globe
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Diaspora Fragile
Greenhouse filled with plants, some tomatoes growing
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Cantastoria Of My Kitchen Or My Place On This Earth
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Three Poems, Swarthmore Review
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After Javon Johnson: When the Cancer Comes

Essays & Articles

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In this reflection on audience complicity, Tuffaha examines her relationship with performing violence for an audience.

Cover image: the cast of White Noise, Johan Persson
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Jaimie Lopez at Swarthmore College sits down with Tuffaha to discuss her co-hosting of a BIPOC-Authored Night of Scenes with Thandiwe McMillan. They talk successes, failures, and hopes for the future.