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"Sir, we have no airports and seaports;
no trains, or highways.
We have no passable roads, sir!
We do have crutches and wheelchairs.
Young men with one or no legs,
no longer able to work, as if there was work."
— Nov 07, 2026 08:37AM
no trains, or highways.
We have no passable roads, sir!
We do have crutches and wheelchairs.
Young men with one or no legs,
no longer able to work, as if there was work."
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Boutaina
is on page 14 of 97
At fifth grade, I visit the school library.
On a wall by the door, a poster claims,
“If you read books, you live more than one life.”
Now I’m thirty and whenever I look at faces
around me, old or young, on each forehead I read:
“If you live in Gaza, you die several times.”
— Nov 07, 2026 06:10AM
On a wall by the door, a poster claims,
“If you read books, you live more than one life.”
Now I’m thirty and whenever I look at faces
around me, old or young, on each forehead I read:
“If you live in Gaza, you die several times.”