It had taken Rania Abu Anza ten long years of waiting and three rounds of IVF to become a mother—a mother of twins. Five months later, her world was shattered in just one horrifying instant in which she lost the twins, her husband and 11 other members of the family to an Israeli airstrike on Rafah. Only hours earlier, she had cradled the five-month-olds, Naeim and Wissam, in her arms, lulling them to sleep. Their home collapsed in the explosion.
“Their father took them with him and left me behind,” Rania whispers through her tears, clutching a baby’s blanket. Her loss is a portrait of love’s persistent fragility in the face of war’s unforgiving brutality. What do we think of when we think about love? What do we think about when we think of war and genocide? In the rubble-strewn streets of Gaza, the besieged cities of Bosnia, the fractured lives in Syria, the horrors of the Rwandan genocide—in war zones across the world, where survival often eclipses all else—love exists as a profound act of defiance, and as the thread that weaves the narratives of those who endure.
An Act of Resistance
The ongoing genocide in Palestine has brought new meanings to the word love and its manifestations. Palestinians, in their resistance, have not forgotten their tenderness and need to love—filial and romantic.
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Soft Ruins
'Soft Ruins' is a chapter within the long-term ongoing project \"When Spring Never Comes\", an expansive exploration of memory, identity and displacement in the aftermath of exile within contemporary global politics. It reflects on how the journey as an asylum seeker in Europe mirrors the instability and threats of life under dictatorship, amidst rising right-wing movements and shifting power dynamics, where both certainty and identity are redefined
Building Beyond Homes: Provident Housing's Transformative Approach
Provident Housing leads in crafting thoughtfully designed homes that cater to modern homebuyers' evolving needs. With a focus on timely delivery, sustainability, and innovative, customer-centric solutions, the company sets new benchmarks. In this exclusive interview, Mallanna Sasalu, CEO of Provident Housing, shares insights into the company's strategies, upcoming projects, and vision for India's housing future.
Syria Speaks
A Syrian graffiti artist-activist's tale of living through bombings, gunshots and displacement
The Burdened
Yemen, once a beautiful land identified with the Queen of Sheba, is now one of the worst ongoing humanitarian disasters of modern times
Sculpting In Time
Documentaries such as Intercepted and Songs of Slow Burning Earth grapple with the Russian occupation beyond displays of desolation
The Story Won't Die
Is Israel's triumphalism over its land grab in Syria realistic? The hard reality is-Israel now has Al-Qaeda as a next-door neighbour
Against the Loveless World
In times of war, love exists as a profound act of defiance
Soul of My Soul
What does it mean to continue to create art during a genocide?
in Dancing the Glory of Monsters
By humanising the stories of those affected by war, poverty and displacement, Buuma hopes to foster empathy and inspire action
All the President's Men
Co-author of All The President's Men and one of the two Washington Post journalists (the other was Carl Berntstein) who broke the Watergate scandal that brought down the President Richard Nixon administration in the United States in 1974, Bob Woodward's recent book War was on top of The New York Times Bestseller list, even above John Grisham.
