Emotional reading of poem by Gaza child killed by Israeli air strike

At a poetry night for Gaza held by MEMO, a poem by 9-year-old Fatema Saidam was read out to a tearful audience in London. Fatema and her entire family were killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza on 17 October 2023. The poem reads 'Legs are for walking slowly and also run; Hands are for shaking with friends, not for shooting gun'.

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