Zines 2026
Stray Bullet
A collection of eight poems that question notions of mercy and identity formation when children casually die on the streets and under tents. Vices rain upon a society stripped of its being, flayed before international onlookers, and grasping at some distant form of mercy while making every ef…
When Did We Fade?
Originally written in Arabic, this personal story captures the poignancy of strength in Palestinian society and thirsts after the “spring of tenderness,” embodied in motherhood. Deprived of existence, trapped withi…
The Fifth Shadow of the Sun
The Fifth Shadow of the Sun is a collection of poems written during the genocide in Gaza. While my soul was besieged by death from all sides, I saw poetry as our only means of immortalizing our lives. As I try to escape a reality riddled with destruction, we see that death is a plague t…
Midnight Thoughts in Gaza
An earnest reflection upon universal suffering through the telescopic traumas of Gaza. Drones light the night, replacing shooting stars, while residents shelter in the bareness of dust and sky. Words of compassion, of deep contemplation, roam the wreckag…
All That Remains of Me
A poetic, perspective-shifting narrative that pulses with emotion. Bare and bereft of the material substance that once grounded identity, the self is composed of shadows that shift like tides within the soul.
Memoirs of a Fallen Star
Striking visual and poetic structures characterize this sensational work of poetry. Originally written in Arabic, poems are organized in two parts. The first selection explores themes of loss while the second is a passionate embrace between …
However Fragile
Comforting medicine for hearts that must grow without being mended. Tasneem, a brilliant young woman in Gaza, has overcome many obstacles to become a college lecturer, but just as opportunity begins to bloom, a new assault …
What the Cameras Couldn't Capture
Life for Shaza and her family has been a chronology of war for as long as she and her relatives can remember. This personal account of the ongoing genocide in Gaza is told in three …
Rain Was Once a Promise
Rain once carried the promise of spring, of hope, of better days for Gaza. Now, it seeps through tents, bringing fragility and fatigue. Today, tomorrow, and forever, Gaza has changed, transformed by immeasurable pain. In this collection of 21 original poe…
Breathe
Both a personal project and a showcase of the author’s skills in creative writing, storytelling, narrative journalism, and documenting. It is called Breathe because when our world collapses around us, we often feel besieged, unable to spea…
Reflections on Displacement in Three Parts
Through a series of three dispatches, Menna Saber Abo Salem recounts her experiences as a university student navigating ongoing displacement. The series, Reflections on Displacement In Three Parts, traces practices of resilience that have e…
A Trapped Dream
Narrated in first-person vignettes, A Trapped Dream is the author’s harrowing account of life in Gaza during the genocide. The morning of October 7, 2023 was meant to be her first day of university. Since then, time has stood still, unable to progress pas…
Questions on My Mind: A Sequel
The poet that once sought Gaza’s countenance through the eyes of the moon, now asks it to carry within its light her beloved homeland and deliver it upon her windowsill in Ireland, where questions arise differently and normality outpaces memory.
Waiting for the Butterfly
An intimate pursuit for the will to keep going, despite heavy loss and destruction. Hope for transformation, for a better life, is as fragile as a butterfly’s wings and more fleeting. Gaza’s youngest generation suffers the loss of nearly five yea…
Don't Leave Us Behind
A work of intensity, charm, and precision, this 26-page zine shatters apathy, humiliates …
Shards of the Soul
With what paper remains unburned and the last drops of ink, Noor documents her survival. This zine is her way to unravel the impact of war on her mind and soul; a testament to what was endured and what still persists. From her belief that every…
Where should we bloom...
A collection of personal essays that grapple with the intensity of destruction in Gaza whilst tracking the light that a child’s innocence can cast on the worst situations. The author offers her testimony “because the words w…
Echoes from a Fallen Kingdom
Forgotten tales verge on reawakening in this collection of fourteen original poems. Rhythmic, gem-like language recovers the soul of a lost kingdom and its heroic sons and daughters, whose trials of betrayal hav…
I Failed to Water It
How is war born? By the bullet of a rifle—or by a mind surrendering to the failures of humanity? Delicate poems and illustrations render the fragility of personhood in a life born of a war. This collection of …
Fragments of a Soul
A work that laments and comforts the soul through poetic song. Beautifully composed in flawless rhythmic, rhyming verse, these poems escape the bounds of burden and affliction and reach toward the mercy of higher judgement.