Category: Saed
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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.
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[Saed] What Doesn’t Drown
By Saed, Gaza Strip, Palestine, February 5, 2026 Amidst this devastation, he learned not to dwell too long on ideas, for heavy thoughts collapse like houses. He grasped only what wouldn’t drown him. He knew that some of what he learned would lift him above the rubble, while some would drag him into a labyrinth…
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[Saed] Our street has no name.
By Saed, Gaza Strip, Palestine, February 10, 2026 Our street wasn’t drawn on any architectural maps, yet it became the most beautiful street in the neighborhood. When I grew up and visited other countries, I also learned that it’s the most beautiful street in the world, and the oldest street in the world. Personally, I…
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[Saed] A Lunar Memory
Taken by Saed, Gaza Strip, August 2026 “Last night, I photographed the moon over the ruins of Gaza, with the distant lights of military posts behind it. Even here, the moon still remembers how to make beauty out of darkness ❤️” A Lunar Memory By Saed of Ghazza, Gaza Strip, Palestine, August 29, 2026 Because…
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[Saed] A Call Through the Wall
By Saed, Gaza Strip, Palestine, February 16, 2026 We left the Shuja’iyya neighborhood under an apocalyptic bombardment, the sky raining down fire as if writing our names in smoke. We were told: Leave, for death is closer here. But we knew we were losing either way… whether we left or stayed. All we had were…
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[Saed] I carry in my bag keys with no doors
By Saed, Gaza Strip, Palestine, April 7, 2026 I carry in my bag keys with no doors— keys to a house whose trace I have never found. In my city, I wander among heaps of rubble, searching for the meaning of a street that has lost its features, whose memory has scattered across its bends…