The Fifth Shadow of the Sun, Samar Al Ghussein / Zines from Gaza, Coastal Lines press MIT Press provocative and authentic artistic language

provocative and authentic artistic language

Contributions by Övül Ö

those the world has forgotten

Stockholm-based Palestinian poet Ghayath Almadhoun’s first collection to be published in English

Sven Völker conducted all the editorial work himself as part of a personal research semester in the summer of 2023

The Fifth Shadow of the Sun, Samar Al Ghussein / Zines from Gaza, Coastal Lines press MIT Press provocative and authentic artistic languageThe Fifth Shadow of the Sun is a collection of poems written during the genocide in Gaza. While my soul was besieged by death from all sides, I saw poetry as our only means of immortalizing our lives. As I try to escape a reality riddled with destruction, we see that death is a plague that has infected even our vivid imaginations. Therefore, I share some of my poems, not only as a witness to the genocide, but also as a survivor of death. Editions: