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 8: Justice on Paper

Posted on December 10, 2025 by Admin

S.T. Salah, 15/11/25 Scene: A cracked courtroom under a fading UN flag. The walls are covered in reports, resolutions, and silence. Handala stands with his back turned, facing the horizon of Gaza’s smoke. The Prosecutor enters, papers trembling in his … 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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