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Poems
Will I survive?
Yes, Yara / you will survive / but what is survival?
Donya Abu Sitta
February 2, 2025
Family reunion
Omar turned his head up to the sky / his heart aching / for his murdered brother’s family.
Dina Suhail Al-Ejil
Gaza Strip
January 28, 2025
From lines to circles
We huddle, shivering, in a serpentine line / a thousand souls, each yearning for a loaf of bread.
Donya Abu Sitta
January 27, 2025
They call me a Palestinian
I know Jerusalem, our capital / from pictures / I see the Dome of the Rock / on the covers of my books.
Nadera Raied Mushtha
Gaza Strip
January 25, 2025
Thank you, 2024
Thank you for forcing me to question everything, everything inside me, around me, even my existence in this universe.
Anonymous
January 23, 2025
My stolen privilege
Laugh skinny guys; now I hate winter too.
Basman Derawi
Gaza Strip
Diaspora
January 21, 2025
The final door
Behind this door, a mother waits for her lost son’s return / as if she never understood the meaning of death.
Jomana Hesham Zaqout
Gaza Strip
January 16, 2025
Whispers of the walnut tree
The whispering walnut calls / begs me to breathe / to stop crying. / To return.
Fatena Abu Mostafa
Gaza Strip
January 13, 2025
Blow on the fire
Fire. Feed. Eat. Live. / The warmth he seeks / claws at his childhood with / diseases, scars, and burns.
Farah Samer Zaina
Gaza Strip
January 9, 2025
After being beheaded
After the new year was beheaded last year / she decides to come back for this New Year’s Eve.
Basman Derawi
Gaza Strip
Diaspora
December 31, 2024
The body of Santa
Some witnesses confirm they saw him / distributing presents in Ahli hospital / before the bombs destroyed it.
Basman Derawi
Gaza Strip
Diaspora
December 24, 2024
December without a Christmas tree
Again, it is December / Second December / Without stars.
Alaa Mahdi Kudaih
Gaza Strip
Diaspora
Belgium
December 23, 2024