we are not numbers

emerging writers from Palestine tell their stories and advocate for their human rights

Tag: freedom/self-determination

Every day, the farmer counts his goats on the besieged farm. / He says he counts them to guard / against the dogs / that lurk.
When my friends asked me to go with them to the Great Return March, I had no idea what to expect.
When I go to the protests by the border, I stare at the fence and wonder.
He ran to the front to save another, and lost his own life instead.