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Culture‘Hope so heavy to carry’: Al-Shaer on Gaza’s harrowing plight and struggle to survive

In “I Am Still Alive: Dispatches from Gaza,” Palestinian writer and poet Mahmoud Al-Shaer considers how war reshapes memory, childhood and existence. He recalls his family’s displacement, his daughter’s view of a world reduced to tents and his evacuation from Gaza, describing writing as resistance to erasure.

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FFrance 24★★★☆☆2026-10-13 13:36Original

‘Hope so heavy to carry’: Al-Shaer on Gaza’s harrowing plight and struggle to survive
‘Hope so heavy to carry’: Al-Shaer on Gaza’s harrowing plight and struggle to surviveCulture