Longing for death
‘I think about leaving. The idea of not existing flows into the room. It has a blue shady aura. It comes and goes.’
we are not numbers
emerging writers from Palestine tell their stories and advocate for their human rights
Alia Kassab was an English literature and translation student at the Islamic University of Gaza. Now she is a liberal arts student at the University of New Mexico.
“Literature found me when I was 11,” she says. “It was my only solace. Now, I live to be a writer so that I can pay the debt. I feel writing back is the only way.”
Current as of November 2024
‘I think about leaving. The idea of not existing flows into the room. It has a blue shady aura. It comes and goes.’
This Gazan wanted to die, but the last words of Dr. Refaat Alareer changed her mind.
A young writer searches for meaning as the bombs fall on Gaza yet again.
There are worlds in words. I want to know: what are the reaches and boundaries of language?
