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‘We Are Still Here’: A New Poem on Gaza

Is your home still a home / when your house has been demolished?

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Frederick Deknatel
Nov 07, 2025
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Palestinians forcibly displaced by Israeli bombing in the devastated Gaza Strip, January 29, 2025. Photo by Jaber Jehad Badwan

By Vaheed Ramazani

Vaheed Ramazani is Professor Emeritus of French Literature at Tulane University, where he held the Katherine B. Gore Chair in French Studies. He is the author of three books, most recently Rhetoric, Fantasy, and the War on Terror (Routledge, 2021).

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