Waiting for the Butterfly, Noor Arif / Zines from Gaza, Coastal Lines press

An intimate pursuit of the will to keep going, despite heavy loss and destruction. Hope for transformation, for a better life, is as fragile as a butterfly’s wings and more fleeting. Gaza’s youngest generation suffers the loss of nearly five years of education. The Gaza Great Minds School is an inspiring initiative, sustaining the love for education within Palestine’s youth and culture. This zine offers beautiful written and visual portraits of several students in the program.

“The weight of grief and fear is heavy on the smallest of shoulders.”

Editions: English original

About the Author
Noor Arif is a business administration student from Gaza who believes that education comes above everything. She works as a social media coordinator with the Gaza Great Minds School and as a writer. She uses her love for writing and social media to express what she lives through in her own way and to raise the voices of Gaza’s children. She has written for The Palestine Chronicle, Impulse, and We Are Not Numbers.