Contributors

Dr. Mohamed Omran Abu Shawish is a clinical psychologist, MHPSS specialist, and head of the Gaza Trauma Therapy Institute.

Dr. Azz a-Din is a doctor in Gaza.

Heba Al-Turk is a young mother from Gaza, raising her one-year-old son, Ziad, with courage and resilience amid the ongoing war and blockade. With a degree in interior design from Al-Aqsa University, she dreamed of creating spaces for children with special needs, inspired by her sister's experiences. Since the escalation of violence, she has faced famine, displacement, and constant danger, navigating the profound challenges of postpartum life under siege.

Dana Amir is a clinical psychologist, supervising and training analyst at the Israel Psychoanalytic Society, full professor and head of the interdisciplinary doctoral program in psychoanalysis at Haifa University, poetess, and literature researcher. She is the author of seven poetry books, four memoirs in prose, and five psychoanalytic nonfiction books. She has been awarded many literary as well as academic prizes, including six international psychoanalytic awards.

Nan Cohen is the author of two books of poems and the chapbook Thousand-Year-Old Words . She is a past recipient of a Wallace Stegner Fellowship, a Rona Jaffe Writers' Award, and an NEA Fellowship. She teaches high school in Los Angeles and co-directs the poetry programs of the Napa Valley Writers' Conference.

Patrick Cole is a dual-national EU-US citizen living in Antibes, France, and holds a master's degree in nautical archaeology. Essays derived from an unpublished memoir of his crazy childhood, Latchkey People, have appeared in the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Review, and the smart set. His poems recently appeared in the Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review, and his novel Gemini was short-listed for the Dzanc Books Prize for Fiction.

Caleb Cobra Cornell was the lyricist and singer in the punk band Wrathcobra and the owner of Kelly's Bar & Lounge, a classic dive bar in Pittsburgh since 1947. Once asked by a le