‘Gaza: The Story of a Genocide’ by Fatima Bhutto and Sonia Faleiro (eds) reviewed by J.J. Headington (opens in new tab)

I grant you refuge from hurt and suffering. With words of sacred scripture I shield the oranges from the sting of phosphorous And the shades of cloud from the smog. I grant you refuge in knowing that the dust will clear, and they who fell in love and died together will one day laugh. Excerpted from ‘I Grant You Refuge’, by Hiba Abu Nada, translated by Huda J. Fakhreddine. This poem was written within the first weeks of the genocide, shortly before Hiba Abu Nada was martyred by an Israeli airs...