A Handful of Earth
by Aya Hudhud
Genre: Prose
Written by Aya Hudhud and narrated by Lana Salah
This audio © 2026 by Aya Hudhud.
The symbolism of Palestinian soil and the importance of Home is shown in sharp relief by the author, a teenager currently surviving the genocide in Gaza. Aya Hudhud demonstrates in heartbreaking words how it feels to be torn from the place of your birth and forcibly relocated over, and over again.
about the author
Aya Moneer Hudhud is a Palestinian writer from Gaza. She has lived through the horrors of war and now uses writing to convey her reality to others.
Aya on Instagram: instagram.com/ayaa.moneer/
about the narrator
Lana Salah is a Los Angeles comedian with a computer engineering degree, two decades in marketing, and a long history of making questionable career decisions.
A Palestinian-American comic with a dry, deadpan style, she explores identity, politics, current events, and the everyday absurdities of modern life. Her jokes tend to sneak up on audiences, starting conversationally before taking a turn they probably should have seen coming.
Lana has performed at the Comedy Store, the Hollywood Improv, and the Netflix Is A Joke Festival, sharing stages with Tim Dillon, Tiffany Haddish, and Andrew Santino. She's also the co-producer of Bigfoot Comedy, one of Los Angeles' fastest-growing independent comedy shows featured in LA Weekly.
Lana Salah on Instagram at: instagram.com/thelanasalah/