The Gazelle
Feb 9, 2026
Dina Damouri is a Lebanese freshman who has been writing poetry since the age of 13, and is intending to major in Literature and Creative Writing. She can write a poem in less than a minute!
Dina Damouri
A poem about coming to terms with the apparent shallowness of words, and that while they are the only things we can use for description, they end up feeling redundant.
We Arabs often overlook our native language, favoring English as a mark of modernity. But Arabic is our heritage — rich, poetic, and worth preserving.
Introducing the poetic style of haiku, a Japanese form of short poems, expressing emotions through metaphorical representation of natural phenomena.
A reminiscent account of the food, scent, and people of a local bakery