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All I want is to reclaim myself and my life. This blog is my way to reorder my thoughts, to carry the voices of my family and friends, and to keep alive the memory of my city, which remains under genocide in Gaza. I strive to raise the voices of the people — girls and women, youth and elders — and to revive the meaning of life and writing. I work with my son, Samer, through our own efforts. Thank you for stopping by.
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All the rituals of writing have fled. I possess nothing but a blank sheet of paper and a qalam rasas, a pencil (rasas in Arabic also means bullets)—though I object to calling it a qalam rasas, for I want it to be a pen of life. Life is precious now in Gaza. Many insist on…
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By Hedaya Abdullah January 22, 2026In difficult times, some simple activities feel as if they arrive from the sky invitingyou to think deeply about what you are going through, and to discover, with patience,reflection, and quiet wisdom, that they came for your own good, as if gently waking you upfrom the reality you are living.…
Hedaya Shamoun 