Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

Gaza’s Nightmare Gaza is becoming a graveyard without the luxury of graves.

Gaza is becoming a graveyard without the luxury of graves.

Yousef Aljamal writes about how his heart freezes every day as he reads of the disappearances of his neighbors, friends, and family in the violence brought by Israel.

🚨 Israeli warships have surrounded the Global Sumud Flotilla — over 50 vessels.

The flotilla insists on breaking the blockade to deliver aid to Gaza.

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Blue butterfly lalalaland Wake Up

If you’re in Seattle, stop by @openpoetrybooks.bsky.social & sign up for POETRY OFFICE HOURS. I’ll be in the store on Fri 9/12 12:30-2:30 & look forward to talking about that poem you’ve been working on, sharing a prompt to get you writing again, or offering reading recommendations. See you there! 📚

Uncle Tom (Barrack) is originally from Lebanon. Which makes sense because only a self-hating Arab could address Arabs with venomous disdain that outdoes that of his racist masters.

Allah yerhamek ya Helen Thomas. She would have mopped the floor with him.

Hey @bsky.app

Why is a Palestinian asking for help in a GENOCIDE being flagged????

Day 6

لا أريد لهذه القصيدة أن تنتهي
محمود درويش

I Don’t Want This Poem to End
By Mahmoud Darwish
Trans by Mohammad Shaheen

#TheSealeyChallenge
#EndtheGenocide

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Day 4

Living Room
by June Jordan

#thesealeychallenge

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Day 3

Heaven Looks Like Us
Edited by George Abraham & Noor Hindi
poem by Yahya Ashour

#EndtheGenocide

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Day 2

Modern Palestinian Literature
Edited by Salma Khadra Jayyusi

Poem by Mu’een Bseiso
Translated by May Jayyusi & Naomi Shihab Nye

#TheSealeyChallenge

#EndtheGenocide

My goodness. Journalists having to call in saying they’re too hungry to work. This isn’t dystopia: this is the reality Palestinians in Gaza live in. Meanwhile their Western counterparts are still describing hospitals in Gaza as “Hamas run”.

PALESTINIAN by Ibrahim Nasrallah, translated by Huda J. Fakhreddine

An excerpt of Mary of Gaza

this August I'm committing to read 31 books of poetry for the #sealeychallenge; pledge to sponsor my challenge through donations to the sameer project (link below) & mobilize each day to #EndtheGenocideinGaza

Day 1

Born Palestinian Born Black by Suheir Hammad

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We're honoured to bring Lena Khalaf Tuffaha's Something About Living to the UK & Ireland in December 2025! @lenakt.bsky.social

This brilliant poetry collection explores Palestinian life through the lens of language, revealing a legacy of obfuscation and erasure
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Good Morning American Taxpayers

The utter cognitive dissonance of the phrase “zionist human rights lawyer”