Nour Elassy at Parc Montsouris, in Paris, on July 9, 2026. (Credit: Gabriel Gauffre/Les Liens qui libèrent publishing)
Nour Elassy has just turned 24. Staying in Marseille with friends, she gazes at the Mediterranean. "I feel like I belong here," she confides over the phone. In Gaza, whenever her foreign literature classes were over, she would head to the sea with her family. That was before the war, when it was still possible to live an "ordinary life, a simple and beautiful life," the young poet says. Evacuated from the Gaza Strip to France in July 2025, Nour Elassy is publishing her first poetry collection, about the ruins of her native land. "This Is My Home," translated from English to French by Les liens qui libèrent, brings together her verses written during Israel's genocidal war against the Palestinians.Nour’s home was located in eastern Gaza City, in the Tuffah neighborhood. Visitors were greeted by lemon...
Nour Elassy has just turned 24. Staying in Marseille with friends, she gazes at the Mediterranean. "I feel like I belong here," she confides over the phone. In Gaza, whenever her foreign literature classes were over, she would head to the sea with her family. That was before the war, when it was still possible to live an "ordinary life, a simple and beautiful life," the young poet says. Evacuated from the Gaza Strip to France in July 2025, Nour Elassy is publishing her first poetry collection, about the ruins of her native land. "This Is My Home," translated from English to French by Les liens qui libèrent, brings together her verses written during Israel's genocidal war against the Palestinians.Nour’s home was located in eastern Gaza City, in the Tuffah neighborhood. Visitors were greeted by lemon...
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