Location: Gaza, Palestine a week after the ceasefire Photograph: Duha Hasan

Poem: “Homeland"

What is Homeland?

Theme: Homeland

What is homeland?

It’s the land that never tired

to be a mother.

Even when her neck is under

the sharp knife of an occupier.

 

What is homeland?

It’s the land that never tired

to stand again.

Even when they leave her

four limbs amputated.

 

What is homeland?

It’s the land that never tired

to be a home.

Even when her body is shivering

and the tent is very cold.