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Khalil Abusharekh
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I write about the people in Gaza and how everyday life in Gaza shapes our identities. I hope to show you that we, too, are human.
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I love how it felt in my hand. Many more stories to come.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Boom. Congratulations, all, and best of luck! @sundresspub.bsky.social
Your Impossible Voice 2026 Best of the Net Nominees | Contributor News
Your Impossible Voice is proud to nominate these extraordinary pieces from issues 31 and 32.
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September 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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“A year later, in England, I was still trying to overcome the particularizing, isolating shame of being an American writer who had published nothing condemning this genocide.”
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On Gaza, Assia Wevill, and Finding “Permission to Narrate” in a Time of Genocide
“And so now, as always, literary criticism must adapt to the current horror in Palestine or else it must be deferred. Because if literary criticism has nothing to contribute to Palestine’s liberati…
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August 1, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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“Again, why should I bypass the fires engulfing our cities to extinguish hypothetical flames?” Mohammed El-Kurd

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How to Answer the Stupidest Questions About Palestinians
A guide to fielding even the most ridiculous anti-Palestinian smears.
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July 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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“The Palestinian writers did not write their words because it’s an advantage for someone to read them but because it’s a disadvantage for their souls to keep them.” Yousef Khanfar
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Introduction: Eyes of the Pen, Voices of the Camera, by Yousef Khanfar
“Gaza Voices” is a collection of stories, poems, and reflections that journey on the moving locomotive of literature and history. These are not mere words on a page; they are the breath of survival, t...
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June 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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We are pleased to welcome @kabusharekh.bsky.social back to YIV with a new essay, "Clotheslines." AbuSharekh is a three-time YIV contributor, whose essay "Zeppole (aka Awama),” was selected for Best American Essays 2025! bit.ly/4dGYflR
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"My mother never blamed anyone for our circumstances. But this house was built the way her mother-in-law, Yousra, wanted it, a fragmented memory of the home Yousra had left behind in Majdal. A collective memory compressed into a tent in a refugee camp." From Clotheslines by Khalil AbuSharekh.
May 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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A clothesline is all that connects Gaza to Texas but it is everything. Wrenching, real-time work from @kabusharekh.bsky.social. As this issue came together we found out his previous @yourimpossiblevoice.com contribution, "Zeppole (aka Awama), will appear in the forthcoming Best American Essays 2025.
Clotheslines | Your Impossible Voice
By Khalil AbuSharekh "In our household, clotheslines were a constant source of conflict. Sometimes, my mom asked me to fix them and make them more organized. Other times, they stirred up arguments wit...
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May 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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It's here. Featuring new work from Vincenzo diella Malva, @molarawood.bsky.social, @kabusharekh.bsky.social, @ianmacclayn.bsky.social, Karen An-hwei Lee, @adamsorardor.bsky.social, @ericracher.bsky.social, Mary Burger, Jerry Thompson, Shawna Yang Ryan...
Your Impossible Voice #32 | Spring 2025
Featuring new work from Vincenzo diella Malva, Molara Wood, Khalil AbuSharekh, Ian MacClayn, Karen An-hwei Lee, Austin Adams, Eric T. Racher, Mary Burger, Jerry Thompson, Shawna Yang Ryan, Steve Barba...
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May 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Zeppole (aka Awama) originally appeared in issue 30.
Zeppole (aka Awama) | Issue 30
Khalil AbuSharekh — "When it arrived, it looked familiar—like the Palestinian dessert known as “awama” (donut balls), but this time topped with chocolate syrup. I took a bite. Immediately the taste tr...
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May 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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A huge congratulations to @kabusharekh.bsky.social, whose essay, Zeppole (aka Awama), was selected for the Best American Essays!
The Best American Series
The Best American series, launched in 1915, is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of pri...
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May 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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More about the Best American series by @marinerbooks.bsky.social and the editors/covers here @literaryhub.bsky.social:

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Here are the guest editors (and covers) for the Best American Series 2025.
The Best American Series is a literary institution. But just in case you’re stumbling upon it for the first time: Each book in the annual series showcases of best short fiction and nonfiction…
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May 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Thank you, @yourimpossiblevoice.com!

Four years ago, I wanted to take my wife & two little kids back to Gaza, to show them my home. When that trip fell through and the genocide began, I had to write my childhood down.

I’m honored “Zeppole (aka Awama)” will be in The Best American Essays 2025
May 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM