A close retelling, Najat Smeha’s story (Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, November 2024)
Poignant painting of this scene, David, the urgent panicked dialogue... and mother's commentary thereafter.
Ufff.
'calling in the cloud' conjures up a surreal image, and then the horror hits that this is actually someone's reality. So well written.
Mostly the words i heard her say on the tv report, but i only wrote down what I could remember since they were so emotive and constructed in these short images.. so i just tried to piece that all together.
This is so gripping from the first stanza. So well done.
This is so powerful and heartbreaking. It’s everything all at once.
Yes, heard her words and felt they needed to be shared. Thanks for reading.
Poignant painting of this scene, David, the urgent panicked dialogue... and mother's commentary thereafter.
Ufff.
'calling in the cloud' conjures up a surreal image, and then the horror hits that this is actually someone's reality. So well written.
Mostly the words i heard her say on the tv report, but i only wrote down what I could remember since they were so emotive and constructed in these short images.. so i just tried to piece that all together.
This is so gripping from the first stanza. So well done.
This is so powerful and heartbreaking. It’s everything all at once.
Yes, heard her words and felt they needed to be shared. Thanks for reading.