Words Under Siege: A Personal Journey with Language as Resistance and Repair

Chair: Marwan Rashed, Sorbonne Université 

Mahmoud Alshaer

A poet, writer, and cultural curator, Mahmoud Alshaer is based in Gaza. He is the Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief of 28 Magazine, an independent literary and cultural platform he co-founded in 2014 to amplify emerging Palestinian voices. His work explores the intersections of poetry, political erasure, cultural survival, and collective memory under siege. He has participated in international programs such as the New Alphabet School and the Berlin Biennale. He authored Letters from Gaza (2025) and A Year on the Abyss of Genocide (2025).