The Suffering of Displacement: The Journey of Survival in Gaza. Tuesday 9/7/2024
Displacement for the fifth time, at least, was different.
Sound of Music and Missiles
I miss those sessions and evenings we organized with the writing team affiliated with the institution where I worked as a creative writing trainer. The team organized a musical event every three months or so.
Dust, Mosquitos and War
Next to me, in the same school room where I sleep, separated from my uncle's wife by a curtain, she and her daughter sleep. All night, she wakes up saying, "Go away, go away," referring to the mosquito.
Trapped Between Hope and Displacement: Facing the Shadow of Death
I ask myself what sin I committed for all this death to chase us so gruesomely. My friends in Rafah also do not know where to go; many of them are on the streets without shelter. Everyone here has their dreams crushed like bones under the impact of rockets.
Friday 12/4/2024
I would always cry after such a phone call, but her voice today is stronger than before. Perhaps that has to do with her returning to her home in Al Shuja'iyya after months of displacement in multiple locations. Her powerful voice made me feel powerful. Because of her I am writing now.
Wednesday 20/3/2024
This is a call to the Arab nations, Gaza is capable of exporting a one of a kind juice. But it tastes bitter, like the bitterness of the days we are living. A juice to remind them of what it means to be Arab.