This paper explores the poetic representations of Palestinian resistance against the recent genocide in the state of Palestine. Gaza Verse which is the primary source of this study is a 2024 publication of the Gaza Poets Society founded by the poet and journalist Mohammed Moussa in 2018. The present study focuses on the voices of Palestinian poets and poets of different nationalities from all around the globe who contribute to an ongoing cause for the freedom of Palestinians by rehumanizing the dehumanized Palestinian bodies and narratives through poetry. While acknowledging the impossibility of fully grasping, decoding or understanding the lived realities and the unconscious of Palestinian struggle, the study highlights the crucial necessity of initiating a global discussion on their lived experiences as it eventually poses a challenge to the dominant discourses and misrepresented narratives on Palestinian identity, belonging and resistance. While incorporating Achille Mbembe’s theories on sovereignty, necropower and necropolitics, where sovereign entities practice power over the life and death of certain groups of people as the theoretical framework, this study explores the ‘superhumanization’ of the Israeli entity led by Benjamin Netanyahu verses the infra-humanization and dehumanization of Palestinians as represented in the Gaza Verse.

Authors:
Parami Ranasinghe, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka

About the Presenter(s)
Parami Ranasinghe, a lecturer (on contract) at the Open University of Sri Lanka, currently working on her MA thesis exploring linguistic manipulation in the social media discourse on the genocide in Palestine.

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