In May of last year I attended an event called Gaza Lives that commemorated Palestinian artists and writers killed in this war by showing their work - paintings, poems, films. That’s when I first read this poem by Alareer and learned of his daughter and granddaughter’s deaths. Israel’s actions against Palestinians is the definition of necropolitics. May this cease fire bring peace.
Thank you so much for writing this, Grace. I feel exactly the same. When I read the news yesterday, although I felt some relief, I felt so, so, so sad for the enormous, devastating cost of human life over the last 15 months. xx
Thank you for this Grace
Reading this certainly puts any difficulties we have into perspective.
I so hope there is a real awakening regarding the value of each human life.
In May of last year I attended an event called Gaza Lives that commemorated Palestinian artists and writers killed in this war by showing their work - paintings, poems, films. That’s when I first read this poem by Alareer and learned of his daughter and granddaughter’s deaths. Israel’s actions against Palestinians is the definition of necropolitics. May this cease fire bring peace.
Thank you so much for writing this, Grace. I feel exactly the same. When I read the news yesterday, although I felt some relief, I felt so, so, so sad for the enormous, devastating cost of human life over the last 15 months. xx