Palestinian Sighs

About this book

Behind words' borders, and where stone's echo mingles with the soul's hymns, this work is born to tell what long speeches failed to say. 'Palestinian Sighs' is not merely a rhymed poetry collection but an exploratory journey into the depths of identity, memory, and the dream that never grows old. The journey begins from the Nakba's pain but does not stop there; it extends to touch a child's imagination seeing in 'the slingshot' a tool for crafting a new destiny, and in 'the stone' a key to cities dwelling in him before he dwells in them. From 'Jaffa' wafting the sad fragrance of oranges to 'Jerusalem' performing its ablutions with steadfastness, poet Mohamed Al-Wassaf carries you between contradictory feelings: at times you feel the bitterness of 'folly' and the oppression that changes the days' color, and at times a spark of hope ignites in your heart through a 'Moroccan child' proving that belonging to the right needs no passport but a heart pulsating with Arabism. This book is an invitation to reclaim wonder in the face of fracture, and a meditation on how a poem can be a weapon, a refuge, and an alternative homeland when the geo.