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Geula Geurts

Feb 19, 2015, 12:33 PM

~~ On a numb tongue The man sitting next to me in the emergency room is a French Israeli, middle aged and coughing like a stuck engine. He clasps his hands against his ribs, and when he gasps for air...

Aug 22, 2014, 8:18 AM

Free Choice: Ice Bucket Challenges or Wars?

Again, I find myself writing about heat. It's all because of this humid Tel Aviv summer, which provides me with a daily struggle against the perseverance of perspiration. This battle for sure is going to end up with a...

Aug 13, 2014, 1:57 PM

Taxis, Heat and Driving for Peace

Half past four, erev Shabbat, Jerusalem: There was no chance I was walking all the way to the shuk in that unbearable heat. I'd come from Giv'at Shmuel, where the hot air doesn't move, to Jerusalem of mountain breeze....

About Me

Geula Geurts is a student of English Literature and Poetry at Bar Ilan University. Dutch born, she has lived in Israel for six years and writes for survival, cultural identity and a strong sense of sound and rhythm.