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Khalil Abusharekh

@kabusharekh.bsky.social

I write about the people in Gaza and how everyday life in Gaza shapes our identities. I hope to show you that we, too, are human.

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Khalil Abusharekh@kabusharekh.bsky.social · last yr.

“A year later, in England, I was still trying to overcome the particularizing, isolating shame of being an American writer who had published nothing condemning this genocide.” @emilyvanduyne.bsky.social shorturl.at/LxC4C

On Gaza, Assia Wevill, and Finding “Permission to Narrate” in a Time of Genocide

“And so now, as always, literary criticism must adapt to the current horror in Palestine or else it must be deferred. Because if literary criticism has nothing to contribute to Palestine’s liberati…

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Khalil Abusharekh@kabusharekh.bsky.social · last yr.

“The Palestinian writers did not write their words because it’s an advantage for someone to read them but because it’s a disadvantage for their souls to keep them.” Yousef Khanfar shorturl.at/UQxsx @worldlittoday.bsky.social

Introduction: Eyes of the Pen, Voices of the Camera, by Yousef Khanfar

“Gaza Voices” is a collection of stories, poems, and reflections that journey on the moving locomotive of literature and history. These are not mere words on a page; they are the breath of survival, t...

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Alvin Lu@alvinlu.bsky.social · last yr.

A clothesline is all that connects Gaza to Texas but it is everything. Wrenching, real-time work from @kabusharekh.bsky.social. As this issue came together we found out his previous @yourimpossiblevoice.com contribution, "Zeppole (aka Awama), will appear in the forthcoming Best American Essays 2025.

Clotheslines | Your Impossible Voice

By Khalil AbuSharekh "In our household, clotheslines were a constant source of conflict. Sometimes, my mom asked me to fix them and make them more organized. Other times, they stirred up arguments wit...

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Your Impossible Voice@yourimpossiblevoice.com · last yr.

It's here. Featuring new work from Vincenzo diella Malva, @molarawood.bsky.social, @kabusharekh.bsky.social, @ianmacclayn.bsky.social, Karen An-hwei Lee, @adamsorardor.bsky.social, @ericracher.bsky.social, Mary Burger, Jerry Thompson, Shawna Yang Ryan...

Your Impossible Voice #32 | Spring 2025

Featuring new work from Vincenzo diella Malva, Molara Wood, Khalil AbuSharekh, Ian MacClayn, Karen An-hwei Lee, Austin Adams, Eric T. Racher, Mary Burger, Jerry Thompson, Shawna Yang Ryan, Steve Barba...

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