Rain Was Once a Promise, Lama Alharazin / Zines from Gaza, Coastal Lines press non-fiction Slang expresses words and feelings

Slang expresses words and feelings that break down boundaries

Editor and concept: Lucile Bouvard

both nonfiction and poetry

They give us tools to think with about the ‘contemporary’ in meaningful ways

Rain Was Once a Promise, Lama Alharazin / Zines from Gaza, Coastal Lines press non-fiction Slang expresses words and feelingsRain once carried the promise of spring, of hope, of better days for Gaza. Now, it seeps through tents, bringing fragility and fatigue. Today, tomorrow, and forever, Gaza has changed, transformed by immeasurable pain. In this collection of 21 original poems, the poet preserves the promise of personhood she once held before everything, including her home, was taken away. About the Author Lama Alharazin is 24 years old. She studied English Literature