So many of us still / hold our phones, read / your poems — not / losing hope.
My very sick child waits and waits for Israel to permit her to leave Gaza for the medical care she desperately needs.
Every day, the farmer counts his goats on the besieged farm. / He says he counts them to guard / against the dogs / that lurk.
A young woman survives both a missile attack that killed family members and a weeks-long siege of her neighborhood.
Aya Al-Hattab
- Gaza Strip
My nephew Hamood looks beyond his amputation and other unrepaired injuries, and toward the day when he can play soccer again.
The sun rises over Gaza / piercing another suffocating night / after the atrocities of an endless siege.
Healthcare workers in Gaza fight against immense challenges to care for the injured.
When divine justice / finally rings its bell / Will political cloaks / fend off hell?
Genista Azmi
- Gaza Strip
A Gazan student defies war’s obstacles to chase her dream of studying medicine.
For wartime evacuees, the cold season is full of cruel experiences, unlike past winters fondly remembered.
Using canines to intimidate, injure, and torture Palestinians is government-sanctioned terrorism against civilians.
Harsh weather, inadequate shelter, and ongoing attacks create a dire situation that threatens our very survival.