Category: Saed
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[Saed] At the gym, not far from where I stood
By Saed, Gaza Strip, Palestine, June 4, 2026 At the gym, not far from where I stood, a ten-year-old boy was training with a weight in his left hand. A long time passed, yet he never moved his other arm. I looked more closely and saw that it had been amputated below the elbow. Then…
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[Saed] Like phantoms we live in the void
By Saed, Gaza Strip, Palestine, July 17, 2026 Like phantoms we live in the voidTime is measured by funeralsIn nowhereWe live as shadows liveThere is no existence hereNor nothingness there Like phantoms we live in the voidTime is measured by funeralsIn nowhereWe live as shadows liveThere is no existence hereNor nothingness thereBut we become clearer in…
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[Saed] It is a journey through dust.
By Saed, Gaza Strip, Palestine, September 7, 2026 It is a journey through dust.Glory to the winds,to the statues of flies,to the national anthemabove the tents.A homeland that rains downrotting corpses,empty coffins,and ruins.A homeland that distributes usin relief boxes,while death arrivesin trucks.Phobia…Schizophrenia…and splitness.Give back to my heart its wing.Give back to my soulthe voice of…
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[Saed] Like a Horse That Threw Its Rider
By Saed, Gaza Strip, Palestine, August 21, 2026 Like a Horse That Threw Its RiderLife runs on, alone, without me.O life,wait.There is only a little leftin my cup of coffee.The night is one,the sorrow is one,and I am many.I bleedat the edge of the years.Slowly, slowly,I dry.I hide the yellowing of the grassso the birdswill…
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[Saed] The Apology That Cannot Restore What War Destroyed
By Saed, Gaza Strip, Palestine, September 14, 2026 Usually, the purpose of an apology is to restore some measure of dignity to the person whose dignity has been violated by an act or a word. But whatever form Hamas’s apology may take, it will not rebuild a home that has been destroyed, bring back a…
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[Saed] Two years
By Saed, Gaza Strip, Palestine, December 8, 2025 Two yearsAnd the school bell rings on time,No one hears itBut the martyred studentsline up every morningWith their colorful backpacks,And their usual radianceThen they ascend to their classroomsWith steady stepsWith eyes still open to eternityThey do not look at the tents that cover the courtyard,Nor at the…
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[Saed] Two years ago
By Saed, Gaza Strip, Palestine, December 8, 2025 Two years agoAnd I apologize to my friendsFor the affection that dried up between us And I apologize to the mirrorFor my face that aged suddenly And to the childrenFor their crushed childhoodAnd to the rose trapped in their laughterFor it filled with smoke And I apologize…
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[Saed] What if the martyred children returned one by one
By Saed, Gaza Strip, Palestine, December 11, 2025 What if the martyred children returned one by one,Entering the housesWith joy ringing in their voices like the sound of hail,Throwing down their school bags,Hungry and soaked by the rain? What if they returned,And this war became as if it never was? How wonderful you would be,…
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[Saed] A beautiful poet died.
By Saed, Gaza Strip, Palestine, December 13, 2025 A beautiful poet died. A friend wrote:Ramallah will sleep alone tonight. I replied:And so has Gaza been for two years now…For a different reason of its own. Another friend wrote a beautiful elegyFor the beautiful poet.He read it to meThen he hid it in his box of…
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[Saed] The new year arrived on time, but
By Saed, Gaza Strip, Palestine, January 1, 2026 The new year arrived on time,but itfound no door in the cityto knock on.