after 556 days of this Nakba and 45 days of the total blockade and intensified genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza. Poems by Shambhavi Sarasvati and Yara Jouda. We're all kindred here.
The genocide in Gaza and the world’s inability to stop it has plunged me into a deep existential despair. There is a German word for what we humans with empathy are feeling: Weltschmerz: “world pain.” It's sorrow about the world's imperfection, a deep sadness that reality can't meet our ideals.
Your words give me a glimmer of hope to cling to, much appreciated.
The genocide in Gaza and the world’s inability to stop it has plunged me into a deep existential despair. There is a German word for what we humans with empathy are feeling: Weltschmerz: “world pain.” It's sorrow about the world's imperfection, a deep sadness that reality can't meet our ideals.
Your words give me a glimmer of hope to cling to, much appreciated.
Hi Sarah - I feel ya. If we can survive this, we will emerge from this crucible in a much better situation. 💞