In this moving episode of Unspoken, Kate Earley shares “Her Name Means Light,” a poem born from friendship and witness. Centered on Nour, whose name means light, and her brother Wael, the piece captures everyday survival in Gaza—water carried for kilometers, firewood cut from the ruins of bombed homes, and laughter that rises even from thrones of rubble.

This poem weaves together the tenderness of childhood, the weight of hunger, and the unyielding strength of family amid genocide. It asks how hope can persist in a place scarred by violence and whether the fragile glow of one child can resist the dark.

Listeners drawn to Gaza poetry, witness literature, resistance writing, humanitarian storytelling, and spoken word art about survival and resilience will find this episode both devastating and illuminating.