Books as Breath: Gaza’s Living Story
Salah and Abdullah’s small bookshop in Nuseirat is a testament to the power of literature. A model of Palestinian endurance.
Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi
On Imagining in Gaza
Nineteen-year-old Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi, a Palestinian writer and poet from Gaza, is an English literature student at the Islamic University of Gaza. Through her writing, she seeks to amplify Gaza’s voice and illuminate stories that are too often left untold. Here, she talks with ArabLit about her education, her writing, and the importance of poetry and speculative fiction.