A quote for 2024.

Any great injustice makes
The sleep of the world howl. We breathe in
The destruction of lives that we don’t see.
In our dreams we die with them. In our sleep
Our souls grieve with them, for their deaths
Are ours ...

—Ben Okri

From ‘Gaza – a new poem,’ The Guardian, 25 May 2024.

Photography by Emad El Byed.

Libby Hart

Libby Hart is the author of Fresh News from the Arctic, This Floating World, Wild and Burn.

https://www.libbyhart.net
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