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Category Archives: In Handala’s Playground
In Handala’s Playground: Season 2, Episode 7: Lessons Unlearned
Phalapoem editor, 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
In Handala’s Playground: Season 2, Episode 6: Conscience Under the Rubble
Phalapoem editor, 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
Posted in Gaza, In Handala’s Playground, Justice, Massacres & genocides, Palestinian art & culture, Palestinian diaspora, Palestinian history, Phalapoem editor, Piers Morgan, UK
Tagged Apartheid, Gaza genocide, Gaza war, Handala, israel’s apartheid, israeli occupation, justice, Palestine, Pers Morgan
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Letter 1 to the Olive Tree: A Love Story with Palestine
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
Posted in In Handala’s Playground, Letters to the Olive Tree, Palestinian art & culture, Palestinian diaspora, Palestinian history, Voice of Palestine
Tagged Letter, Love, Olive trees, Palestine
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In Handala’s Playground: Season 2, Episode 5: The Unbowed Child and the Terrorist Minister
Phalapoem editor, 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
Posted in Admin, Evidence of Israeli Fascism and Nazism and Genocide, Gaza, In Handala’s Playground, News from the apartheid, Palestinian art & culture, Phalapoem editor
Tagged Apartheid, Gaza genocide, Gaza war, Israel, israel’s apartheid, israeli occupation, justice
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In Handala’s Playground: Season 1, Episode 1: Human and Animal, A Game of Truth
Phalapoem editor, 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
Posted in Gaza, In Handala’s Playground, Massacres & genocides, Palestinian art & culture, Phalapoem editor
Tagged gaza, Gaza genocide, Gaza war, genocide, israel’s apartheid
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In Handala’s Playground: Season 2, Episode 5a: Handala and the Mirror of Silence
Phalapoem editor, 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
Posted in Evidence of Israeli Fascism and Nazism and Genocide, Gaza, In Handala’s Playground, Massacres & genocides, News from the apartheid, Palestinian art & culture, Palestinian diaspora, Palestinian history, Phalapoem editor, Voice of Palestine
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In Handala’s Playground: Season 2, Episode 3: Selective Morality, Deadly Consequences
Phalapoem editor, 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
Posted in Gaza, In Handala’s Playground, Massacres & genocides, Palestinian art & culture, Phalapoem editor
Tagged Gaza genocide, Handala, Holocaust, Olaf scholz
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In Handala’s Playground: Season 2, Episode 2: A Meeting in the Rubble
Phalapoem editor, 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
Posted in Gaza, In Handala’s Playground, Massacres & genocides, Palestinian art & culture, Palestinian diaspora, Palestinian history, Phalapoem editor
Tagged Apartheid, gaza, Gaza genocide, Gaza war, genocide, Handala, Israel, israeli occupation
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In Handala’s Playground: Season 2, Episode 1: Truth Confronts Power: A Dialogue of Justice and Hypocrisy
Phalapoem editor, 1/04/25 (Scene: A ruined street in Gaza. The air is thick with dust and grief. Handala, the barefoot 10-year-old Palestinian boy with his back always turned to the world, stands amid the rubble. He does not turn around … Continue reading
Posted in In Handala’s Playground, Palestinian art & culture
Tagged Handala, trump
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In Handala’s Playground: Season 1, Episode 10: The Postcard She Kept
Phalapoem editor, 2/03/25 [Scene: A bombed-out street in Gaza. Smoke and dust fill the air. Hassan kneels beside Samira, cradling her fragile body in his arms. Handala, barefoot as always, stands nearby, watching in silence. The ambulance siren wails in … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, In Handala’s Playground, Massacres & genocides, Palestinian art & culture, Phalapoem editor
Tagged Apartheid, gaza, Gaza war, genocide, Handala, Israel, israel’s apartheid, israeli occupation, Palestine
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