Jasmin will bloom against the odds Candida Lacey April 19, 2025 No Comments When Ahmed was killed, I lost my cousin, my confidant, and my โconstant companion. But Jasmin lost so much more. Read more
On becoming a Gazan Cinderella Candida Lacey April 18, 2025 No Comments Trapped in a cycle of conflict and starvation, young people in Gaza wait helplessly for their lives to resume. Read more
Massacre in Al-Shati Candida Lacey April 15, 2025 No Comments A family recounts being woken at 2 a.m. by intense bombing that ended the ceasefire and launched a night of horror. Read more
Shady candles Candida Lacey April 9, 2025 No Comments Reading by candlelight is a fire hazard but the only option without electricity, generators, or batteries. Read more
Rain and ruin: life inside a Gaza tent Candida Lacey April 8, 2025 No Comments Living under flimsy tarps, family members sift flour for bugs, walk through sewage to fetch water, and wash clothes with frozen hands. Read more
The threat to health from toxic rubbish Candida Lacey April 2, 2025 No Comments Deadly odors, insects, mice, and mosquitoes proliferate as rubbish piles up in Gaza City. Read more
Invisible heroes: Children besieged by war Candida Lacey April 1, 2025 No Comments Children in Gaza are stripped of their most basic human rights, facing the threat of death if not from bombing then from hunger. Read more
Gazaโs children make-believe a better future Candida Lacey March 31, 2025 No Comments Pretend food made of sand, drawings of martyred relatives, and games played on rubble reflect the wartime reality. Read more
New jobs: working to survive in the Gaza Strip Candida Lacey March 30, 2025 No Comments Displaced people of Gaza find different ways to earn a living in their struggle to survive the Israeli genocide. Read more
The fate of a war bride Candida Lacey March 27, 2025 No Comments A young woman enjoys only a fleeting marriage before the war destroys her and the happiness of her family. Read more
Mohamed and Adam want to walk Candida Lacey March 25, 2025 No Comments Young twins are consigned to a life of disability when the only specialist hospital in Gaza is destroyed. Read more