Nasser Rabah (b. 1963, Al-Maghazi camp, Gaza) is a Palestinian poet, novelist, and member of the Palestinian Writers and Authors’ Union. Rabah has published multiple poetry collections and novels, with works translated and featured internationally, including in the New Yorker, Paris Review, Poetry, and Words Without Borders. His latest works include Gazelle Fence (2024), The Never-Ending War (2025), and Gaza: The Poem Said Its Piece (2025), his debut poetry collection in English translation.
Dreaming of a clear sky, unmarred by airplanes.Of clouds observing their own reflection in the windows’ tears.An innocent day: no news of dead friends in the mail.Of a home, and a guest, and a sun tha…