National Anthem

<p>Mohamed Hassan's <em>National Anthem</em> is a layered politically charged collection that moves between lyric intimacy and cultural critique with clarity and force. Structured around refrains of migration loss racialisation and belonging the poems shift across geographies-from Aotearoa to Cairo to Istanbul-interrogating identity in the wake of empire terrorism and assimilation. With tonal dexterity and narrative precision Hassan dissects the personal impacts of structural violence while preserving a grounded lyric voice. This is a work attentive to grief satire inheritance and the quiet weight of diasporic memory.</p>