Halah author: Shlomi Hatuka
Shlomi Hatuka is a poet, activist, editor and podcast host. He is the founder of Tangier Publishing House and AMRAM organization, as well as one of the founding members of the Ars Poetica movement. He is the author of three poetry books: Eastern Moon (Tangier, 2015), Island (Tangier, 2020), and Continent (Tangier, 2020). He hosts the poetry podcast ‘Brit Milah’ for the Israel Broadcasting Authority, and plays the saxophone and flute. (Photo credit: Yanai Yehiel)
by
Shlomi Hatuka and Sarah Sassoon
January 31, 2022
“Ars Poetica was for the release of Mizrahi anger, on the cutting edge, about speaking back. Poetry wasn’t ten people in a library anymore. Ars Poetica was built on Facebook, it was like a stadium.”