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Hosam Maarouf

Hosam Maarouf is a Palestinian poet and novelist from Gaza. His poetry collection Death Smells Like Glass was awarded the Mahmoud Darwish Museum prize in 2015. He also writes on literature for various Arabic newspapers.

Hand of War

We hold war’s hand,not so that it walks among us,but it is death,a bit tardy, we cajole it. We hold war’s hand,convinced that this is the last timeit waves catastrophe to us,since the road is a futile wall, and the country is searchingfor a photographof collective ...

Specific Details

Drowning in the time allotted for truce,we manufacture spare heartsin case we lose the hearts each of us has.We’re uncertain of life’s worthon the slipping edge,yet it seems hope can’t be shelled all at once.The minute details of war,poison gas we can’t thwartfrom ...