Gaza—The FasterDuring these last years, since the siege tightened like a noose around Gaza’s throat, the practice of spiritual fasting had become…Jul 6Jul 6
The WatchersI have been thinking about the cameras, about the way they change not just what we see but what we are. There was a time when I believed…Jul 6Jul 6
Manual Breathing1 The night I began to fear death for real, the generator at Al-Shifa Hospital seized, bucked like a shot horse, and died. The lights above…Jul 1Jul 1
On WitnessI understood something fundamental about dignity the night I registered at Al-Shifa Hospital under my mother’s maiden name, the one she…Jul 1A response icon2Jul 1A response icon2
The Small Blue AnimalI was counting coins that had begun to sweat green in the booth at Cinema Fairuz when the generator died. Not the usual death — a cough, a…Jul 1Jul 1
After the Waste Land, GazaI’ve been trying to tell you about April — how poppies splinter through the rubbled yardsJun 29Jun 29