
Barzakh
A poignant poem, stressing on the meaninglessness of the Palestinian lives, in life or afterlife, using the untimely deaths of two minors Zeinab & Khadija.
A poignant poem, stressing on the meaninglessness of the Palestinian lives, in life or afterlife, using the untimely deaths of two minors Zeinab & Khadija.
It is an address to 2025 Nobel Prize winner Palestinian-American Omar Yaghi. The poet questions if his discovery has any impact on his land and its people.
A satirical poem focusing on the plight of the patients in Indore hospital where 'rats swarmed like humans on new born babies.'
It's a moving poem. It arrests the unquenchable thirst of the poet to measure the pain of the world using some notable historical and mythical figures with poetic precision.
It's a powerful poem that attests to the suffering of the Gaza by comparing Gaza genocide to Auschwitz holocaust through the eyes of Theodor W. Adorno. It captures unspeakable pains of the Palestinians through compelling images.
Shlaim’s core argument is that Gaza’s suffering—especially after the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack and Israel’s brutal response (Operation Swords of Iron)— is no accident. He sees Zionism as a settler-colonial project, echoing scholar Patrick Wolfe’s idea that “invasion is a structure, not an event.” Gaza’s blockade since 2007, the repeated bombings Israel calls “mowing the lawn,” and the staggering toll— over 40,000 deaths by mid-2024, mostly women and children— aren’t just security measures but steps toward elimination.