Blind World
Blind world,keep ignoring us.Turn your face like you always do.Shut your eyes to the blood.Stay silent while we burn. But we are here—erased from your maps,trampled in your headlines,reduced to …
Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi
Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi, is a writer and poet from Gaza, Palestine. She is a 19-year-old student of English literature at the Islamic University of Gaza. Through her words, she strives to amplify Gaza’s voice and shed light on stories that are often left untold.
In addition to contributing to We Are Not Numbers (WANN), her work has appeared in prominent outlets including The Electronic Intifada, Mondoweiss, The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, The Palestine Chronicle, The Markaz Review, Middle East Monitor, Al Jazeera English, Middle East Eye, The Massachusetts Review, the Institute for Palestine Studies, Prism, the New Arab, The Intercept, Politics Today, and Truthout. Her poetry has also been published by Baladi Magazine and Opol.
Blind World
Blind world,keep ignoring us.Turn your face like you always do.Shut your eyes to the blood.Stay silent while we burn. But we are here—erased from your maps,trampled in your headlines,reduced to …
Where Silence Stays, I Learn to Breathe
I dwell in corners where shadows rest long,Not in fear, but in spaces I now belong,Where the heart spills quiet no words could hold,And night becomes my story told. I’m …
Saudade: A Poem of Grief and Resilience
Oh, my mindlet’s sit down tonight and speak in silence,for the noise inside is louder than bombs,and the smoke of worryhas blurred my view of the stars. I am Drained—not …
Alone but Unbroken: Gaza’s Cry Against Silence
They left Gaza alone to face the beast,The whole world watched, but spoke in feasts—Of empty words and cold condemnations,No action born from their declarations. The Nation whispered but never …