The Earth in the Attic is a 2008 debut poetry collection by Palestinian American poet Fady Joudah; at the time, Joudah was a medical doctor and had worked with Doctors Without Borders since 2001.

Later practicing medicine, he worked in hospitals in Houston, Zambia, Darfur, and other places, with much involvement in Doctors Without Borders.

"[1] The Guardian called the book "an original and moving first collection" with "urgency and clarity" regarding Joudah's experiences as both a Palestinian American and also someone working in medicine.

The reviewer noted Joudah's writing as one with "carefully balanced lyric" and observed the movement of his poems.

[2] Fogged Clarity called the Joudah's debut "a book that will long continue to warrant reading" and compared his work to Thomas Wolfe, Yusef Komunyakaa, Betty Adcock, James Dickey, and others who have "written about their home as a far away psychological country.