Donia Al Amal Ismael is an award-winning Palestinian writer, poet, and director of the Creative Women’s Association in Gaza. She authored I Saw in Gaza and four poetry collections. Her work, translated into several languages, has earned local and international recognition. Despite travel restrictions, she continues to write, with Waiting for a Light forthcoming in 2025.
On a pale coldwinter’s nightthe tents sleepbitter in mouthand heart.With subdued soundrunning after an escaping sun,they remove their morning dressoff bodiespatched with jokesand painful laughter.The…
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