When I look at photos of my beloved cousins, it reminds me that I wasn’t there to comfort or honor them when they were martyred.
Six judges will review and select among scores of books that ‘preserve, challenge, and expand the Palestinian narrative.’
‘Their voices will bellow through the ages.’ OWEN JONES
Podcast interview
WANN co-founder Ahmed Alnaouq will be reading works by young poets in Gaza on the afternoon of April 18; the festival runs from April 17-26
Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor coordinator) will moderate. Speakers include Zeina Azzam (WANN poetry editor), and Basman Derawi, Shahd Safi (WANN writers), among others.
When I look at photos of my beloved cousins, it reminds me that I wasn’t there to comfort or honor them when they were martyred.
I am determined to continue my education amidst the scholasticide.
If Gaza lost all of its beautiful young and innocent children, women would make dozens more.
My meal at Ayloul Palestinian Restaurant transported me back to Gaza, when I used to gather with cousins around a large plate of my grandmother’s maftoul.
The Israeli army enforcing the so-called “yellow” line, and the Palestinian militias positioned in our neighborhood, prevent us from returning home.
I left Gaza to become a doctor, but it is taking a huge emotional toll.
I try to scrub your absence from my skin / but you were the sunlight, noor.
In the beginning was the Word, / and the Word was watched, / and the watchers were afraid of it.
