Hermon
Hermon,Statue indifférente au temps jadis, perle de roche que les hommes furieux convoitent, s’agrippent avec avidité à tes aspérités, s’engouffrent dans chacune de tes failles, mais seules les humeurs du …
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This is Beyond Genocide
by Khaled Al-Qershali After October 2023, I followed the news only from behind my phone screen, hesitant to write or share anything that’s happening around me. After being displaced, my …
The Compelling Artistry of Marah Khaled
Marah Khalad is an artist in Gaza whose powerful, expressive work conveys her response to the ongoing genocide. Her drawings and paintings reflect real events she has witnessed and experienced, …
ll pleut des yeux – It’s raining eyes
ll pleut des yeux ll pleut des yeux Et les bouches regardent Estomaquées Les dents molles La lèvre effarée Le regard fixe Le souffle court Il pleut des yeux Agrippés …
In My Dreams, I Always Have a Chance
In my dreams, I always have a chanceI am a free bird,stretching my wings to hug the white clouds. No weight of headlines or grief. In my dreams,I sing with …
Is It a Life?
Is it a life?Where you see children walkingwith bags double their own bodies’ weight,carrying what’s left of food, clothesas they set off to return home.But their legs can never take …
To Become A Tree
I want to become a Treethat embraces animals who climb insideI want to produce from my prolonged traumaa seedthat will grow something differentI do not know where I can be …
The Linguistic War in Gaza
“We are fighting human animals.” — Yoav Gallant, Israeli Defense Minister, October 2023 Since October 7, 2023, the world has watched Gaza burn alive under one of the most brutal …
بيروت تمطر
لم يعد المطر يتساقط على بيروت، لكن يبدو—لو أنها لا تتوقف عن الشتاء هنا،لو أنها لن تتوقف عن الشتاء أبدًا ويا تُرى لماذا—لماذا لم يعد المطر يتساقط على هذه المدينة؟لماذا …
I Was Meant for Firewood, But the Tree Embraced Me
I lean toward my mirror, gazing at the reflection of my pale features and at my almond-shaped eyes, whose spark has been dimmed by the sorrowful nights of the North. …