The Road from Gaza

Doha Kahlout and Yasmine Seale

Doha Kahlout’s essay The Road from Gaza, translated into English by Yasmine Seale, recently appeared in the New York Review of Books.

“I had been in Paris for more than a week when Gaza surfaced again, like a scar the body has come to accept. On the train to Argenteuil I sat facing the wrong way—which most people avoid for the dizziness it causes—as my phone lit up with notifications, either bearing news of Gaza’s unfolding sorrow or messages from loved ones that calmed my anxious heart.”