Category Archives: In Handala’s Playground

In Handala’s Playground: Season 2, Episode 10: Handala and the Kid from 2048 —The World That Finally Learned

Posted on December 24, 2025 by Admin

S.T. Salah, 24/12/25 Scene: The sun burns gold over a vast plaza lined with olive trees planted where concrete once divided lives. The separation wall is gone — every stone dismantled, each slab crushed into gravel that now paves playgrounds … Continue reading →

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In Handala’s Playground: Season 2, Episode 9: Israeli Security Without Humanity

Posted on December 19, 2025 by Admin

S.T. Salah, 19/12/25 Handala (hands clasped behind his back, back to the reader): You stand in a uniform and call it order. Tell me — what name do you give the empty cup you hand a man who asks only … Continue reading →

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In Handala’s Playground: Season 2, Episode 7: Lessons Unlearned

Posted on November 30, 2025 by Admin

S.T. Salah, 15/12/25 [Scene: A vast hall of marble and glass — the European Commission in Brussels. Outside, rain falls softly. Inside, the floor reflects both the light above and the moral darkness beneath. Handala stands barefoot, facing the wall. … Continue reading →

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In Handala’s Playground: Season 2, Episode 6: Conscience Under the Rubble

Posted on November 15, 2025 by Admin

S.T. Salah, 15/11/25 *[Scene: A grey, bombed-out landscape. Rubble and silence. Handala stands with his back turned, barefoot as always, facing the ruins of Gaza. Piers Morgan appears, looking weary, holding a microphone that no longer broadcasts lies but trembles … Continue reading →

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Letter 1 to the Olive Tree: A Love Story with Palestine

Posted on November 5, 2025 by Admin

Phalapoem editor, 5/11/25 Dear Olive Tree,You have stood here longer than memory — your roots gripping the earth like an ancient prayer. I see your silver leaves shimmer in the morning sun, whispering to the wind that carries the scent … Continue reading →

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In Handala’s Playground: Season 2, Episode 5: The Unbowed Child and the Terrorist Minister

Posted on October 29, 2025 by Admin

S.T. Salah, 29/10/25 A shattered olive grove at dusk. Handala stands with his back turned as always, hands clasped behind him. Ben-Gvir, flanked by a shadowy entourage, steps forward, smug but uneasy. Ben-Gvir: Why do you turn your back, little … Continue reading →

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In Handala’s Playground: Season 1, Episode 1: Human and Animal, A Game of Truth

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Admin

S.T. Salah, 08/10/25 Scene: A vast, scorched playground — sand, rubble, and fragments of kites. A single olive tree stands, its shadow shaped like wings. Handala, barefoot and facing away, draws lines in the dust. A boy’s faint footsteps approach. … Continue reading →

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In Handala’s Playground: Season 2, Episode 5a: Handala and the Mirror of Silence

Posted on October 8, 2025 by Admin

S.T. Salah, 08/10/25 Scene: A cracked mirror under a red sky. The faint hum of drones replaces birdsong. A barefoot boy — Handala — stands with his back turned, arms folded, forever ten. Before him stands the reflection of Israeli … Continue reading →

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In Handala’s Playground: Season 2, Episode 3: Selective Morality, Deadly Consequences

Posted on October 1, 2025 by Admin

S.T. Salah, 1/10/2025 Handala: (still with his back turned, voice calm but piercing) You call yourself a chancellor of peace, Olaf, yet your hands are drenched in the blood of children. Gaza bleeds, and you supply the knives. How do … Continue reading →

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In Handala’s Playground: Season 2, Episode 2: A Meeting in the Rubble

Posted on September 19, 2025 by Admin

S.T. Salah, 19/09/2025 (The night smells of smoke and dust. Handala, the eternal 10-year-old with his back turned to the world, stands among the ruins of Gaza. Across from him stands a suited figure: Prime Minister Netanyahu His tie is … Continue reading →

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