My Body Can House Two Hearts

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Fel y dengys ei cherdd gyntaf, ‘Lands of Mine’, mae Hanan Isa yn medru gweld ymhell ac agos. Gall dynnu ar ei chysylltiadau â Chymru a Baghdad, Fallujah ac Aberfan. Yn ei cherddi, gwelir y Gymraeg a’r Arabeg yn cyd-ganu, gwelir fod colledion dwy wlad yr un a bod un corff yn medru cartrefu dwy galon.
As the opening poem reveals, Hanan Issa has a vantage point that enables her to see both near and far. It lets her draw the links between Hen Wlad fy Nhadau and Baghdad, Fallujah and Aberfan. Reading on from these first lines we hear how the Cymraeg and Arabic ‘ch’ chime together, and see how Edwards is Daqneesh’s brother, and how one body can house two hearts.