‘The sight of stars makes me dream’

In the midst of hardship, a young Gazan looks to the stars to find beauty.

The blue fighter

A helmet, a press vest, and a strong heart is what makes a journalist – and a target for the Israeli forces.

Eid al-Fitr was another day of devastation and death

Palestinians in Gaza who lost their homes and loved ones strove to celebrate Eid al-Fitr anyway.

Love amidst chaos

Malik and Hind’s love story takes an unexpected turn amidst the turmoil of war in Gaza.

Confessions of a human animal: entry #1

This Gazan wanted to die, but the last words of Dr. Refaat Alareer changed her mind.

Friendship is nowhere to be found

A group of four best friends is torn apart by the war in Gaza.

Echos of our lost home in Gaza

Israeli F-16 rockets destroyed a four-generation property that was once alive with family gatherings.

Mahmoud

Mahmoud Jamal Abuzarifa was the pillar of support not only for his immediate family but for many others.

A promise of safe passage, a sea of white flags — and a bullet

A young man and his family, seeking to escape death in north Gaza, meet death on the road.

If I must live

If I must live / You must see / The resistant one you taught me to be

Remembering Samar

“I wish I were that drowning sun,” / you told me, / “tightly embracing the horizon, / flying into the abyss of freedom.”

What if?

Pages of history drip with my blood / and my grandfather’s tears / for his murdered olive tree.

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