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Palestine: Iyad Hayatleh

A poem to capture the spirit of each competing nation in the 2012 Games. Palestine's poem Seeds In Flight is by Khaled Abdallah and read by Iyad Hayatleh.

Palestine's poem is Seeds in Flight by Khaled Abdallah. It is translated by Sara Vaghefian and The Poetry Translation Workshop and read by Iyad Hayatleh, a Palestinian poet who was born in a refugee camp in Syria and now lives in Glasgow.

Poetry 2012 - The Written World, a BBC collaboration with The Scottish Poetry Library, creating a unique picture of the nations of the world in verse.

2 minutes

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  • Mon 23 Jul 201205:28