My latest published piece is the very fragmentary Guernica in Meanjin.
For some time now I have been thinking that the last 6 months with Gaza and Palestine require a new language. I keep searching for symbols that will help give me a framework to make sense of what I have witnessed.
I wrote Guernica a few months back and the title references the work by Picasso, and I am glad that the image of that painting was included with my piece.
Is this a poem? An essay? A story? Is it a blend? Does this question even matter?
This photo is from Santiago, Chile. It is one of many murals around the city.
Yumna Kassab 
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