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Christina Hajjar, Libnan, 2020. Christina Hajjar, Libnan, 2020. Image courtesy of the artist.

A poem in white text on a sky-blue gradient reads, “Libnan/ we will light the clouds/ on fire in memory of you/ ya habibti ya helwe/ your beauty swells over/ your tired edges/ naked skies/ I don’t want to be a resilient people/ searching/ the grounds of a cluttered heart/ I woke we dissied/ no homeland/ a chainsmoker like you/ inshallah the rain/ rinse the rubble/ and ash without bones/ shaking"