However Fragile, Shahd Alnaami / Zines from Gaza, Coastal Lines press

Comforting medicine for hearts that must grow without being mended. Tasneem, a brilliant young woman in Gaza, has overcome many obstacles to become a college lecturer, but just as opportunity begins to bloom, a new assault on the Gaza strip begins. Life stops, schools close, and workplaces shutdown. Tasneem is faced with two options: watch her dreams fade into ruin or keep them alive no matter how fragile and uncertain her heart becomes.

Editions: English, Italian, Spanish (monochrome and coloured print versions).

About the Author
Shahd Alnaami is a Palestinian writer based in Gaza. She is an English literature and translation student at the Islamic University of Gaza, currently living amid the hardship of the genocide.

The first edition of her zine, The Writings of Shahd Alnaami, has traveled to fourteen countries, including the US and UK, Germany, Mexico, Ireland, Serbia, and Portugal. The second edition is ready for distribution and will be translated into Italian, French, Spanish, and German. Shahd contributes works to Al Jazeera, We Are Not Numbers, and Mondoweiss.