⁠An evening of reading texts written by Gazan writers⁠ – Spore Initiative Neukölln

“Everyone is invited to read texts and poetry from Gazan writers in many languages. Gaza Passages will provide some printed texts on the day as well.⁠
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This is why I’m writing now; it might be my last message that makes it out to the free world, flying with the doves of peace to tell them that we love life, or at least the life we have managed to live; in Gaza all paths before us are blocked, and instead we’re just one breaking news or a tweet away from death. I am not a number and I do not consent to my death being passing news. Say, too, that I love life, happiness, freedom, children’s laughter, the sea, coffee, writing, Fairouz, and all that is joyful—though these things will disappear in the space of a moment…One of my dreams is for my books and my writings to travel the world, for my pen to have wings that no unstamped passport or visa rejection can hold back.’”
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Noor Aldeen Hajjaj, writer from Gaza.⁠
He was killed in an Israeli strike on December 2nd, 2023.⁠

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“@gazapassages is a collective which collects, translates and publish texts from Palestinian writers confronting the genocide in Gaza, to lift up their words.”⁠
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You can find other writers and texts translated to many languages at www.gazapassages.com ⁠