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Ahmed Sarsour
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I’m a Palestinian poet and survivor of two wars—Sudan and now Gaza. I lost everything and began writing poetry as a way to survive, heal, and speak truth.
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Ahmed Sarsour @ahmedhsarsour.bsky.social · Apr 8
Some behind-the-scenes of Westlab + Gallery HAND-ASSEMBLING my poetry collection 🥺 thank you so much @westlabnyc for amplifying my voice, I can’t thank you all enough ❤️🤍

The closing reception will be on April 26th, so come and check out the art exhibition by then, if you haven’t!
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—So please,
Let this third be the era of change,
Lend us the helping hand we have been waiting to exchange,
We have been denied it for almost eight decades.
So, let it be it, never repeated.—
— excerpt from “The Thirds”
Ahmed Sarsour.
October 7, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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In my poem, ‘Victory!’ I talk about all that has been taken away from me and everyone else underdoing this genocide, like a loose thread untangling a tatreez.

If you would like to read more of my poetry, it can be found in my 🔗🌲
October 2, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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Interested in helping G4zan authors and artists?

You can support Coastal Lines Press, a collective led by G4zan authors and artists, through my campaign, Project Sarsour.

Donate here: chuffed.org/project/1440...
To get involved as a volunteer, reach out via linktr.ee/ahmedsarsour
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September 29, 2026 at 7:58 PM
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What happens to time when tomorrow can no longer be imagined?

This question was the focus of our panel discussion with Coastal Lines Press: Time Without Tomorrow, featuring myself and other writers from Gaza. Watch the full recording here: youtu.be/eU4TBTkxX5w?...
September 23, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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An excerpt from my poem, ‘Why am I always sad?’.

Music composition and video by Lou Kelly @/LouKellyMusic

Join Ahmed’s Nation, our community of artists & volunteers! Link in my 🔗🌲 linktr.ee/ahmedsarsour
September 18, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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Students in Gaza deserve protection. Teachers and professors in Gaza deserve protection. Education in Gaza deserves protection.
An off-white background hosts several lines of black text that reads, “Today is the International Day to Protect Education from Attack, the majority of school buildings in Gaza have been destroyed, Educators have been killed, Gazan kids are asking their parents if they can sell the last of their toys to fund private education, Check your privilege. A double red underline sits under the words ‘Check your privilege.’”
September 9, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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These words are from a video we shared  in 2023. Now, we’re in the last months of 2026. Too much time has passed, too much has been lost. It must stop.

Please check out the fundraisers that can be found in bio 🔗🌲 to continue supporting Ahmed and his family.
September 4, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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During Black August and always, we remember and honor the Black revolutionaries and activists who dedicated their lives to the struggle for Black liberation, for a free Palestine, and for the freedom of all oppressed peoples of the world.

No one is free until we all are free. 🇵🇸❤️‍🔥
August 31, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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Thank you Phil Mandelbaum (@awkwordisthis) for amplifying my voice ❤️ It means a lot to me to be able to share on-the-ground stories from G4za 🥹

Read the full story! 🔗 unicornriot.ninja
August 29, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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Every story featured here is of real human beings, as real as you and I.

Through Project Sarsour, I'm doing my best to share their stories and support them.

Every contribution makes a difference. Thank you for standing with us. ❤️

Donate: chuffed.org/project/1440...
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August 25, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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They just can’t. 💔
Please check out the fundraisers that can be found in my 🔗🌲 to continue supporting my family and me.
A semi-transparent, paper textured background shows a photo of olive trees on Palestinian land. Three red broken hearts made of paper overlay the background. Streaks of off-white paint are holding text that reads, ”Their lives have been stolen. Their bones have been broken. Their bodies can't take it anymore, They just can't.” - Palestinian-Sudanese poet Ahmed Sarsour, an excerpt from ‘Body Chant!’.
August 23, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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My collab with Matriachtype where we discuss trans rights in the supposed ‘First world country’ that is the USA. We disprove the argument of zionists that claim ‘Palestine doesn’t welcome the LGBT+ community so why should we support it?’

Check out the fundraisers in my 🔗🌲 to support Palestinians.
August 19, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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“The Palestinians refuse migration.  
We will live and die above our land,
the holy land of promised liberation,
under no occupation.”
- Palestinian-Sudanese poet Ahmed Sarsour, an excerpt from ‘The Thirds!’

Visual Art by community member Itami.
Painting of a figure wearing a maroon colored dress and shoes holding up a Palestinian flag while standing on a patch of blooms amongst a purple, barren landscape.
August 19, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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Thanks to the Art for Palestine campaign, my poem ‘Walls, windows and a door’ is featured in ‘Patterns of Return’, a poetry anthology. An excerpt of the poem also appears in ‘Palestine Lives!’ a 3D art exhibit, and they are fundraising for Palestine! Check it out at artforpalestinecampaign.com.
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August 13, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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Many of my family members in Gaza were struggling even before the start of the gen0cide. Through Project Sarsour, I'm doing my best to share their stories and support them.

Every contribution makes a difference. Thank you for standing with us. ❤️

Donate: chuffed.org/project/144092-project-sarsour
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August 6, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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I'm on Patreon now! Members will get access to my content without ads, be the first to read new works and provide feedback, and receive exclusive video updates.

Please consider joining! All contributions will directly support me and my family. 🇵🇸❤️

🔗: patreon.com/PoetAhmedSarsour
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August 3, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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Are you getting used to the scene? Or are we already a trend that is no longer relevant to be seen?

🎨 by Ann, excerpt from my poem, “Filasteen!”
August 1, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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Attempting to justify the attacks on G4z@, z!os would ask:
“What would happen to a trans person in G4za?”
Isn't the answer obvious? B*mbed. It doesn’t matter your religion, age, or sexuality, here the USrael doesn’t discriminate in atrocities.
Check out the full video on Matriarchetype’s YT channel!
July 30, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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In April 2024, I wrote my poem Day 196.

And here we are, more than two years later, and the case is still the same.

They lied to you, and they continue to lie to you. You believe them.

The genocide hasn’t stopped. The situation hasn’t improved.

You need to take action now.

#THEY_LIED_TO_YOU
July 28, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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This poem was born from that despair, a cry for a world that turns away as people starve, thirst, and perish. Keep pressuring your leaders to push the deal forward. If you don’t, believe me, you will be next one day; this f4sc1st regime shows no mercy. Your voice matters! Freedom for Filasteen.
July 25, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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We already failed them once. Please, let’s not fail them again.

Save Al Obeid.
Protect civilians.
Free the people.
Save Sudan.

De@th to the RSF. De@th to the IDF.

From Gaza to Sudan,

Ahmed Sarsour
A Palestinian–Sudanese poet in Gaza

youtu.be/UP2Z2YtZoEA
Save el-Obeid #ACTNOW
YouTube video by Ahmed Sarsour 🍉
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July 23, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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In Islam, the obligation of Zakat (alms-tax for the poor and needy) proves how greed, stinginess, and wealth-hoarding are considered vicious.

But no matter your religion, you only need to have a sound heart to have compassion on any other human being.

Thank you @Fifthsunproject for having me❤️
July 21, 2026 at 2:33 AM
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The U.S.-backed and appointed Board of Peace is preparing to launch what they call “Hamas-free” humanitarian camps in Gaza.

We all know this is just a sick game to torture us and take control over the rest of Gaza.

We need your voices to demand that they withdraw from all of Gaza and leave us be.
July 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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Through Project Sarsour, we are currently raising funds for several families in Gaza. Please take a few moments to read, donate if you can, and share this story widely.

Every contribution makes a difference. Thank you for standing with us. 🍉❤️

Donate: chuffed.org/project/144092-project-sarsour 1/2
July 16, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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Just when my family and I thought we escaped hell, we ended up in another deeper hole.

This is a clip from the conversation I had on The Olive Roots Podcast @TheOliveRootsPodcast with host Chozy Aiyub!

Watch the episode here: youtu.be/Oj9qSoSGUgA
July 13, 2026 at 10:20 PM