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Tag: grief/loss/trauma
Sarah is my Los Angeles
My friendship with an American living near the U.S. wildfires propels my advocacy for humanism over vengeful thinking.
Aseel Zeineddin
Gaza Strip
February 6, 2025
Shrapnel of hope: a father’s last lesson
‘In every moment, his image is before us as we continue the journey as he would have, if he were still here.’
Heleena Darwish
Gaza Strip
February 4, 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
465 war-days old
Don’t tell your children that while we were being exterminated, you were busy celebrating your achievements.
Ahmed Dader
Gaza Strip
January 21, 2025
My homeland, a narcissist!
Gaza treats me badly, but it has been wronged as well — hurt, abused, destroyed, exploited, neglected for decades.
Dima Shamaly
Gaza Strip
January 18, 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
Every element in Gaza has a story to each person
The streets, the walls, the trees: They all speak, not in words, but in memories.
Hala Al-Khatib
Gaza Strip
January 2, 2025
What does it mean to survive?
In Gaza I clung to life despite the fear and chaos because it felt meaningful. Here I am alive, but life feels hollow.
Anonymous
December 27, 2024
December without a Christmas tree
Again, it is December / Second December / Without stars.
Alaa Mahdi Kudaih
Gaza Strip
Diaspora
Belgium
December 23, 2024
Between bombs and breaths
Gazans live in inexorable pain with no pause and they are surrounded by death all the time.
Shahd Hassanin
Gaza Strip
December 19, 2024
Questions on my mind
I muse about Gaza, my home, and the things I’ve lost.
Dima Maher Ashour
Gaza Strip
Diaspora
December 18, 2024
Who am I?
I shall not speak / mouth stitched, eyes blind / limbs amputated.
Aya Adwan
Gaza Strip
Diaspora
December 11, 2024