WANN launches new logo and website redesign
![WANN logo](https://wearenotnumbers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Picture1-2.jpg)
The kite logo embodies the aspirations, dreams, and determination of WANN writers.
The Palestinian Seagull: Omar Fares Abu Shawish
![Man playing guitar.](https://wearenotnumbers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Omar-Fares-Shawish.jpg)
Omar Fares Abu Shawish was one of the first civilians killed on Oct. 7, struck as he jogged along the Nuseirat beach.
When it rains blood
![Watermelon slices in front of "From the river to the sea."](https://wearenotnumbers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/@arokocooperative-1-large.jpg)
But whatever you do / do not look up at the sky / That gray sky with its black clouds.
“Winter is coming” is now a nightmare phrase
![Street at night with a thin layer of snow.](https://wearenotnumbers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/snowy-street.jpg)
The season of dreamers and poets, of hot chocolate and dark rich colors, has lost the joy it used to bring.
What happens when Tawjihi is interrupted?
![Illustration of a young man with a graduation cap on and a war occurring above the cap, with an Israel-marked missile approaching.](https://wearenotnumbers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG-20241025-WA0007.jpg)
Israel’s war on Gaza interrupted my university studies; it prevented my brother from achieving his high school diploma.
WANNers seek your help to support their futures
![Red weaving of many people.](https://wearenotnumbers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/WholeWorld_pppa_cropped-1.jpg)
WANN writers have created fundraising campaigns for community and individual efforts to survive and thrive.
Honoring the memory of my friend Yousef Dawas
![A man touching his head to a horse.](https://wearenotnumbers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/With-the-horse_adj.jpg)
He was brimming with talent and aiming for an overseas scholarship when an Israeli missile killed him one year ago.
Innocent victims, killed and buried without farewell
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‘Perhaps Mahmoud couldn’t bear life without his brother, but how can we bear the loss of them both?’
Your first birthday in heaven
![Woman on the beach.](https://wearenotnumbers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/eman-on-beach_cr-1-1.jpg)
‘Maybe if you were still alive, we would have a small party at our favorite park, celebrating your 19th birthday.’
History’s lost page
![Palestinians circa 1948 walking down road as they are being displaced.](https://wearenotnumbers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Nakba-photo.jpg)
Once upon a time / In a land not so far / A people lived in peace / How pure they truly are!
A gloomy, sanguine story of survival
![Three old books with titles, Gloomy, Sanguine, and A Story of Survival.](https://wearenotnumbers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/story-of-survival.jpg)
Invincible in his tank, the soldier aimed at any living thing. We survived and despite everything, cling to the possibility of hope.
Echoes of wars’ nights
![Mother weeping over a shrouded child, with Palestinian flag in background.](https://wearenotnumbers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/@lucia_pistritto_illustrazioni.jpg)
Hush! Listen closely! Can you hear someone’s last breath / Can you hear it? Can you feel it? / Can you imagine it?