Someone's Daughter
CLP and the zine, Someone's Daughter, receive recommendation from award-winning journalist, Samira Mohyeddin.
Every corner was a memory. The shell of a taxi lay on its side, roof peeled open by fire, melted steering wheel. She looked away fast, now walking quicker. Will Eyad be there? Will there be new evacuation orders? Will the sky stay quiet long enough for just one hour?—Ahmad Elkhuwaja, Someone’s Daughter
“Call this what it is: a record of survival in the face of attempted annihilation. This is not just a collection of stories and poems. It is testimony. Written by young people who are actively surviving a genocide in Gaza, these pages carry the weight of what the world has witnessed—and what it has too often refused to see. These young writers do not ask for pity. They demand to be heard. Through fragments of daily life, through the poetry of loss and the stubborn language of hope. They document what it means to grow up under bombardment and blockade and what it means to insist on living anyway. In these stories, homes are remembered brick by brick and the the sky is both witness and threat. And in every line, there is a refusal to disappear. A chorus of young voices refusing silence. A reminder that even in the darkest conditions, truth finds a way to speak.” —Samira Mohyeddin, award-winning journalist.
So much gratitude to Samira Mohyeddin for answering our request for recommendations for our growing catalogue of zines, written by talented writers in and from Gaza. Samira read Someone’s Daughter, a short story written by Ahmad Elkhuwaja.
Ahmad is a Palestinian writer and storyteller from Gaza City. His work explores how time moves through people—how memory, loss, and resilience shape both individual and collective experience. Through fiction and creative projects, he seeks to capture the subtle intersections between history, emotion, and the present moment.
Someone's Daughter
A young couple meets in the ruins, defying everything, stealing moments to feel human once again. Above them, an eye watches from a distance. Between the watcher and the watched, a single moment will decide everything. Fast-moving and tende…
Gaza has been under an intellectual embargo for decades. We ask members of the literary community to lend the strength of their voices to our authors. This zine has yet to receive words of recommendation. If you are an established author willing to read and recommend this zine, email us at coastallinespress@gmail.com to receive a digital or hard copy.
Thank you, Samira!
