Category: prose

Syrian love

That Sunday, cold December Sunday, we were kept warm by joy. It’s the first time I see your eyes sparkle with anticipation: the return, the reunion, the touch. Our disbelief punctured by scenes of prisoners running in the streets of Damascus: What happened? What day is it? Where is the jasmine?  I wish you so… Continue reading Syrian love

On being Palestinian in Valencia today

I’m familiar with this energy; with this deep compassion that becomes fuel to push us forward. I’m familiar with this unity; with this defiance; with this beautiful rage that brings people together. I’m familiar with this self-organization, with this absence of state, with this negligence of leadership. Was it May 2021? When the Sheikh Jarrah… Continue reading On being Palestinian in Valencia today

The day they killed our Shireen

I remember it vividly. I woke up to distraught voices in the next room: voices of disbelief and questions marks; voices that sound like my brother saying REALLY? It can’t be possible. I opened my eyes, still hazy and confused: what’s going on? My brother sweet in his attempts to delay reality and to restore… Continue reading The day they killed our Shireen

[fragments of return #4]

this is not a return in spatial or temporal terms. It is a return in existential terms. The return to who I am. Traveling in life is so easy, and life is easy to take us and to drive us through its ups and downs, but it’s important to maintain a space of return at… Continue reading [fragments of return #4]

Unintented, unprofessional Ethnographic Study in Haifa city

It is not professional because I am not an anthropologist- I only took two anthropology coursees during my English Literature degree, and it’s unintended because I was not planning for it- I was staying in Haifa after a long period of being away, and I ran into many people, with whom the conversation just naturally… Continue reading Unintented, unprofessional Ethnographic Study in Haifa city

10 Podcasts that I have been listening to

they say that the visual era is receding, and the audio era is predominating. Today, we’re trying to squeeze out the most of the day, so we seek the audio that allows us to multi-task. For example, we listen to audiobooks on our long drives, or to a podcast while running or doing the dishes.… Continue reading 10 Podcasts that I have been listening to

The War writes its Poems: Review of Asmaa Azaiza’s book of poetry Don’t Believe Me If I Talk To You Of War

Asmaa Azaiza’s newest collection of poetry is bold, dark and triumphant. The young Palestinian woman poet’s third collection of poetry Don’t Believe Me If I Talk To You Of War was published by Almutwassit in Milano earlier in 2019. It has been translated to Dutch, Swedish and English. Azaiza’s book is an attempt to make… Continue reading The War writes its Poems: Review of Asmaa Azaiza’s book of poetry Don’t Believe Me If I Talk To You Of War

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