Gaza

Gaza must be the headline of every newspaper in the world, or at least of the Islamic world, because it needs no commentary on its tragedies; we simply write “Gaza” alongside some photographs. Arab, Islamic, and global media must unify their discourse, placing Gaza on the front pages. Gaza is not a political issue tied to Hamas or Israel, nor is it merely a humanitarian concern; it transcends humanity—it is conscience itself.

It is a cry that surpasses human existence on Earth, a voice emanating from somewhere in the cosmos, a message read by those who cannot read, understood by those who cannot understand, heard by those who cannot hear, and articulated by those who cannot speak.

Gaza means enough politicization of everything, and that all strategies have a limit beyond which they must cease. It is a new theory governed by unprecedented principles and rules, whose details need not be explored, as they are self-evident.

It is a repentance and a turning back that compels everyone—including Zionists and others—to pause and reflect upon it. It transcends what is called the cry of the global conscience; it is the embryo in its earliest stages of formation, even before breath is imparted to it.

It is like the clarity of a dream to its sleeper. All of humanity saw it in its dreams and realized it must heed its warnings. It is akin to the dream of the seven fat cows eaten by the seven lean ones, which preoccupied the dreamer and his state, compelling them to take action. Gaza today, though it may be Sana’a, differs from it, and aligns more closely with Al-Burduni’s words:

“You glow but do not aid…

And you extinguish without awareness.

How you dream yet see not…

And you blame the ages.”

A Kuwaiti writer