Ziad, a 35-year-old Palestinian, recounts another two days in Gaza: trying to find treatment for a sick cat; passing the time playing cards; and the terrifying realisation that communications to the outside world have been cut off
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4am It was another hard night. I, my sister and the two cats were not able to sleep. Manara, the abandoned cat we took in, was sleeping peacefully. I don’t think the words “tired” or “exhausted” would describe her state. The word that came to mind is one I heard in an old Arabic song, it could be translated into “crushed by exhaustion”. It is weird how the cat found safety among people who are in dire need of safe haven; she came to us while we are away from our home, the place we belong to.
Maybe he forgot, because of all the pictures he deleted and the denial he is living in …
Maybe he forgot that on his forehead, his whole story is written …
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