Shams Mazen Rajab
A Palestinian writer, translator, and graduate of English Language and Teaching Methods at Al-Aqsa University in Gaza. Her work documents daily life under siege and transforms pain into testimony. Through essays, poetry, and translations, she insists that Palestinians are not mere numbers but human beings with memory, culture, and hope for a better future. Writing in both Arabic and English, she opens a window to Gaza and affirms that words can resist erasure.
Shams is the author of Gaza Speaks When the World Falls Silent, illustrated by Casper.
Gaza Speaks When the World Falls Silent
A reclamation of knowledge and pursuit of purpose through testimony and language learning. English, “a language once associated with power and dominance, turns into a tool of resistance in Palestinian hands.” This collection of short personal essays docum…
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Links to other works:
https://wearenotnumbers.org/contributors/shams-mazen-rajab/
briefencounters-journal.co.uk/article/237/galley/165/view/
https://markashwill.com/2026/06/02/voices-that-remain-by-shams-mazen-rajab/