We believe that access to high-quality education will transform our own lives and allow us to participate in rebuilding Gaza.

War changed the meaning of sound for this Lebanese Palestinian: I have left my home and city, but fear does not leave me.

Medicines in Gaza are still in short supply and expensive, due to ongoing restrictions imposed by the Israeli occupation on the entry of essential drugs.

Wejdan Wejdy Abushammala, author of ‘They Can't Kill the Stars,’ also received an award for ‘bearing witness and preserving testimony.’

I am not even allowed to go back to see what has become of my house and school.

Once again, we are back to asking ourselves all of the same questions: Should we stay or should we leave? Now or later?

‘I can still hear their cries when we left the house,’ says Mera. ‘I tried to hold them, to tell them everything would be fine — but I couldn’t believe…

The life of an exceptional student has been torn apart by siege, occupation, and war. God willing, inshallah, he will persevere.

Science requires dispassionate evaluation, but when observing blood cells under a microscope in my lab class in Zagazig, Egypt, I see images of the blood of Gaza.

The renowned meeting place became a shelter, was reduced to rubble, and then turned into a theater for tents. What next? We will rebuild it.

Oscillating between hope and despair, I fought to keep intact my dream of completing my Tawjihi exam and moving on to university.

The bombs took Malik away—his smile, his joy, his heart. Now, there’s just silence.