Azam Abidov

Khamriyyat Hong Kong

Arts & Literature

“Elbeshlawy’s verse moves between the confessional and the confrontational with rawness, precision, and an often-disarming sense of humor . . . he touches on subjects as vast and divergent as sexual desire, creative futility, war, religion, identity, America, Gaza, and existential solitude . . . Khamriyyat Hong Kong is a fierce, searching, and often uncomfortable read—but therein lies its power.”