Category: Saed
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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…
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[Saed] Perhaps the reason for the continuation of the war is the severe lack of poetry among those negotiating on our behalf
By Saed, Gaza Strip, Palestine, August 5, 2025 This is the first of a series of posts by a poet in Gaza, Saed, who wrote these entries in the darkest years of genocide, a genocide which is ongoing. All of these posts will be marked [Saed] in the series so readers can identify which posts…
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On the Tragedy of the Hanukkah Massacre in Australia: A Muslim in Gaza Responds
By Saed of Ghazza, December 2025 Let’s open with prayers for the victims of the shooting and for the loved ones of those who have died, and for the dozens who have been hospitalized. The Jewish community has endured yet another tragedy and now it is on Hanukkah. Hear our prayer, oh God: Almighty God,…