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the times i do not feel grief. The only times I do not feel grief are… | by Alex Hanna | Mar, 2024 | Medium

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The only times I do not feel grief are when I am at work or when I am in solidarity. Standing arm-in-arm with my friends blocking a highway, chanting in my American-inflected Arabic with no self-consciousness for the first time in my life. Min al mia lil mia, from the river to the sea. These are the only times I do not feel grief because I am my father’s daughter, and because I am the daughter of diaspora. My father’s hands were knotty, worked with perpetual motion and made rough from years of working with caustic chemicals in factories. He took me to his workplaces on occasion. One near Memphis held an office which overlooked a factory floor. Huge metallic tanks held roiling baths of acids with complicated names. Hydrochloric and ferric and others I can’t pretend to remember. They were used to fuse softer, more expensive metals like zinc and copper to cheap steel. Dad was apparently very good at this work. He got fired for doing it too well when he called out bad management decisions

Personal Essay Palestine Grief the times i do not feel grief Alex Hanna 9 min read · Mar 11, 2024 -- 5 Listen Share Press enter or click to view image in full size Civil disobedience, 24-Hour Vigil for Gaza. Photograph by Keith Yearman. From Twitter . The only times I do not feel grief are when I am at work or when I am in solidarity. Standing arm-in-arm with my friends blocking a highway, chanting in my American-inflected Arabic with no self-consciousness for the first time in my life. Min al mia lil mia , from the river to the sea. These are the only times I do not feel grief because I am my

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