Haneen Alisawi
A passionate content writer and English-Arabic translator whose heart beats for words. She sees them as the hidden bond knitting humans together. Words solely have the ability to liberate souls or shackle them, in her belief. To her, to write is to live. She has contributed to We Are Not Numbers, Mondoweiss, and The Electronic Intifada.
Words are all I am.
Words are all I have to resist, to speak, to breathe.
When I write, words set me free.
Haneen is the author of A Drop of Grief, illustrated by Alice Schiavone. Her beautiful zine is the tenth to join our catalogue. It features original poems and drawings.
A Drop of Grief
In this twenty-four page zine, eleven poems provide a window view into a soul willing itself not to break while witnessing a world of death, condemned upon Gaza. Inquisitive, insightful, inventive, and intelligent, Alisawi’s words sketch lines of perspective for an entire generation of…
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Links to other writings by Haneen:
https://wearenotnumbers.org/contributors/haneen-alisawi/
https://electronicintifada.net/people/haneen-alisawi