The eighteenth poem in our Palestine Advent series is In Gaza, Before It Was Killed, by Basman Dewari.
In Gaza, Before It Was Killed, by Basman Dewari.
Basman Aldirawi (also published under Basman Derawi) is a physiotherapist who graduated from Al-Azhar University in Gaza in 2010. He has contributed to the online platform We Are Not Numbers, that gives a voice to the victims of Israeli aggression in Gaza.
With thanks to Natalie Jabbar and Chris Rose for inspiring this idea.
Photo by Emad El Byed on Unsplash
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I am a poet and writing tutor. My anthology Lifesaving Poems was published by Bloodaxe Books in 2015. In 2012 I published Riddance (Worple Press), a collection of poems, and Love for Now (Impress Books), a memoir, about my experience of cancer. The Wind and the Rain, my sixth collection of poems, was published in 2023 by Blue Diode Press. Plymbridge, a new pamphlet, is available now from Worple Press. My final research project, funded by the Foyle Foundation, was Young Poets' Stories: https://youngpoetsstories.com/. This blog is archived by the British Library.
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