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A review by notesofacrocodile
Gaza Writes Back by Refaat Alareer
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
5.0
this was such a heartbreaking experience, of a people fighting to get their voice through in a time when attempts are made to silence them. but they are loud, and the stories they have to say are terrifying to a measure that no human should be witnessing. the late refaat alareer edited this collection along with adding three of his own stories, and altogether, i cannot express just how important it is that everyone reads it.
And despite Israel’s death sentences
Like lead
Cast upon the head,
Gnawing at our life,
Clinging to it like a flea to a kitten,
And stuffed in our throats
The moment we say “Amen”
To the prayers of old women and men
Blocking their ways to God,
We dream and pray,
Clinging to life even harder
Every time a dear one’s life
Is forcibly rooted up.
We live. We live.
We do.