I wrote this poem a few months ago and it was published in April in the NY Review of Books.
I wrote it based on my experience during the 2014 and 2021 assaults.
Now there are no lights, no rooms, no inner hallway, no tea, no children, no money, no flowerpot.
But there is still a Gazan.
Livestream of South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice is beginning now. Proceedings today focus on the 'provisional measures' requested, namely a #CeasefireNOW and to #LiftTheSiege on Gaza. #IsraelOnTrial#GazaGenocide https://t.co/EY3NsKrprZ
A Reading for the Edward Said Libraries with Mosab Abu Toha & Friends (1/6/24 at 12PM ET)
When poets and writers unite to do something, everyone needs to come and listen.
Come and join us for this reading with me and my friends to support the Edward Said Library in Gaza. Support Gaza.
Readers are planned to include Mosab Abu Toha with Kaveh Akbar, Rabih Alameddine, Ammiel Alcalay, Hala Alyan, Peter Balakian, Fatima Bhutto, Leila Farsakh, Nick Flynn, Ru Freeman, Carolyn Forché, Damian Gorman, Jorie Graham, Fanny Howe, Ha Jin, Ilya Kaminsky, Askold Melnyczuk, Eileen Myles, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Shuchi Saraswat, and Lloyd Schwartz.