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Liba's avatar

This poem is exquisite. The images are swirling into one another.

I assume as an Arab he would have either been killed or taken hostage. A few survived by the skin of their teeth. I speak about one Arab in this post:

https://open.substack.com/pub/liba/p/birthday-party-of-a-hostage?r=fxgvw&utm_medium=ios

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Aviya Kushner's avatar

Thank you for the link to your heartbreaking post. I was moved that a year later, Suleiman was still thinking about what might have happened.

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Josette Akresh-Gonzales's avatar

גמר חתמה טובה

thank you for these thoughtful words!

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Aviya Kushner's avatar

גמר חתימה טובה 💜💜💜

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