E04 - We (Ghayath Almahoun, read by Lina Issa)

Podcast: MEMORY FOR DENIAL · firefly frequencies

Opublikowano: 2024-12-15

Lebanese artist and performer Lina Issa reads "We" by Palestinian poet Ghayath Almahoun,written during the Israeli bombing of Gaza at the end of 2008. (English translation by Catherine Cobham) WE We, who are strewn about in fragments, whose flesh flies through the air like raindrops, offer our profound apologies to everyone in this civilised world, men, women and children, because we have unintentionally appeared in their peaceful homes without asking permission. We apologise for stamping our severed body parts into their snow-white memory, because we have violated the image of the normal, whole human being...