A Palestinian/Sudanese poet, activist, and human rights advocate shaped by displacement and resistance. Born in July 1993, he spent 21 years in Sudan before fleeing the man-made civil war and later enduring Gaza’s catastrophic war.
A self-taught English speaker and born artist, Ahmed’s poetry is forged through pain, love, and resilience. His work urgently advocates for Gaza amid ongoing genocide, challenging dehumanization through verse and using art as a form of resistance and healing. Ahmed lives by the ethos “No one left behind” and believes that true freedom is collective: “No one is free until we all are.”
Ahmed Sarsour is the author of Don’t Leave Us Behind, created by a separate collective of volunteers. This work has been adapted into a black-and-white, easy-to-print zine by Coastal Lines Press.
Ahmed’s second zine, Staying Silent, was produced by Coastal Lines Press, with illustrations by Nawras Rahhal.
Don't Leave Us Behind
A work of intensity, charm, and precision, this 26-page zine shatters apathy, humiliates w…
Staying Silent
A piercing work of poetry and personal narrative that shifts the gaze from Gaza to the outside world, where the triviality of celebrity culture and social media algorithms dominates public perspective and glorifies the bare minimum when utmost eff…
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