The Qatar Press Center (QPC) published Hadeel Saber's new book, 'Tarweeda', on the occasion of the 34th edition of the Doha International Book Fair (DIBF). The book includes a series of political articles discussing Palestine, specifically since October 7 and the developments taking place in Gaza.

Saber derived the title of her new book from 'Tarweeda', (a type of Palestinian folk song that spread in the 1930s), a message of resistance in a time of oppression and the voice of freedom when speech is silenced. The Palestinian tarweed first appeared during the British occupation.

It was not just a mere melody, but rather a clever tool that Palestinians transformed into a mysterious code that the colonizers could not decipher. It became a means of conveying messages between resistance fighters and between prisoners inside prisons and their families outside bars.

The book highlights the repercussions of the war waged by the occupying entity, which cast a shadow over all of Palestine, particularly the Gaza Strip, and how it impacted the humanitarian and social aspects and altered the political landscape. In her articles in 'Tarweeda', journalist Hadeel Saber explained that the current war is a link in a colonial context that began with the 1948 Nakba and has never ceased.

The writer's 'Tarweeda' did not neglect sensitive humanitarian issues that have not been addressed amid the accelerating political events, regarding the status of Palestinian women and how feminist organizations and societies have abandoned them.

Women in wartime are unique in their human nature. This special status of women in war was present in more than one article, making the writer more present in discussing women in times of war. Considering their privacy, which the occupation has violated by all standards. It has not respected them as mothers, wives, daughters, children, infants, or even fetuses.

'Tarweeda', which the QPC has adopted as one of its new publications, includes fifty articles spanning 128 pages. The cover features 'Handala', the icon of cartoonist Naji al-Ali, with lines summarizing the suffering of the Palestinian people.