Remi Kanazi

Remi Kanazi
Remi Kanazi, 2011
Born	1981 (age 42–43)
Language	English
Genre	Performance poetry, spoken word, hip hop; influenced by hip hop, Def Poetry Jam, Suheir Hammad, Carlos Andres Gomez
Subject	Human rights, Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan
Website
poeticinjustice.net

Remi Kanazi (born 1981) is a Palestinian-American performance poet, writer and organizer based in New York City. He is the editor of the anthology of hip hop, poetry and art, Poets for Palestine (2008), the author of two collections of poetry, Poetic Injustice: Writings on Resistance and Palestine (2011) and Before the Next Bomb Drops: Rising Up From Brooklyn to Palestine (2015). His political commentary has been featured by news outlets throughout the world, including the New York Times, Salon, Al Jazeera English, and BBC Radio. He has appeared in the Palestine Festival of Literature as well as Poetry International. He is a Lannan Residency Fellow and is on the advisory board of the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel.^[1]