We are a group of book-lovers who truly believe
in the power of words to shift hearts and minds.
 

With the RWAG merchandise our focus is the most distilled and powerful form of language: the poem. The original RWAG series showcased three different poems on the reverse of the items, written by superb Australian poets in response to the genocide unfolding in Gaza. The poems are ‘Algo in the genocide’ by Omar Sakr; ‘Footnotes for Gaza’ by Sara M Saleh; and ‘One day the books will count the dead’ by Evelyn Araluen.

The second RWAG series highlights work by poets and writers who are living through the genocide in Gaza. These are: Mahmoud Alshaer, Nour Abdel Latif, Batool Abu Akleen and Dr Ezzideen Shehab. There are full poems and also short extracts from their work, which are reproduced with permission. The extracts appear in both Arabic and English.

All profits go as mutual aid to Gazan writers and their fundraisers, including Dr Ezzideen Shehab’s Al-Rahma Clinic and Omar Hamad’s The Phoenix Library; and to publishing more Gazan voices in Australia and beyond.

[RWAG original logo and poems designed by Kirsty Wilson; Arabic versions designed by Maria Speyer]