Fatima Hassouna and Aaron Bushnell
Poet, singer, photo-journalist, Palestinian citizen
25 years old; Fatima’s camera was her gun
delivering food, water and news in the streets
One day after “Put Your Soul in Your Hand and Walk”
was nominated for a Cannes film award
an AI generated drone massacred you
And nine other family members; thirteen kin already killed.
Fatima’s smile, described by AIDS activists, “as magical as your tenacity”
“They cannot defeat us because we have nothing to lose”
You embody the spirit of Black Panther, Zapatista,
Wolverine, Harriet Tubman, the 212 journalists killed in Gaza
Your zestful heart threatened the Big Shots.
Fatima, your passion inspires us to fight the good fight
Until we die; not of starvation or ethnic cleansing or self-defense.
Or self-immolation, unless you are
25 year old Aaron Bushnell, a US Air Force officer
driven to act against the nightmare of genocide.
Rest in Power, Fatima and Aaron
