Advanced banking, primitive living Umi Sinha December 3, 2025 No Comments A mobile app payment system is a strange contradiction to the primitive way we are still forced to live after the ‘ceasefire.’ Read more
Two years of resisting displacement Umi Sinha November 11, 2025 No Comments My family refused to leave Gaza City until a terrifying new weapon forced us to evacuate. Read more
‘If, one day, a people will to live, then destiny must surely respond’ Umi Sinha November 8, 2025 No Comments A birthday celebration for my sister is one modest example of how life endures among broken streets and destroyed structures. Read more
Two years without school, one chance to chase your dreams Umi Sinha November 5, 2025 No Comments War has shaped our choices of career so we can rebuild Gaza. Read more
The place where people do not grow old Umi Sinha October 21, 2025 No Comments From the moment they are born, Palestinians in Gaza wait for the inevitability of death. Read more
Living without coffee in Gaza Umi Sinha October 18, 2025 No Comments Newton’s law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed, but this law does not apply in Gaza. Read more
Crying ‘wolf’ to create terror Umi Sinha September 16, 2025 No Comments The cruelest part is never knowing when the warnings are real. Read more
Where aid falls, dignity breaks Umi Sinha September 9, 2025 No Comments For Israel, the food airdrop is not a humanitarian consideration. It is a means of control and humiliation. Read more
A nursing dream crushed by war Umi Sinha September 2, 2025 No Comments Even being paralyzed has not dented Sarah’s determination to serve others by entering the medical profession. Read more
Destruction of a sanctuary Umi Sinha August 19, 2025 No Comments Al-Baqa Café provided respite from the war until Israel targeted it and turned it into a scene of carnage. Read more
From the earth to the heavens: Abeer and her friend Umi Sinha August 13, 2025 No Comments ‘Inside me, it felt like someone had shut off all the light,’ Abeer told me. ‘That was when I met Fidaa Hijazi.’ Read more
Death and mourning in Gaza’s real-life Squid Game Umi Sinha August 6, 2025 No Comments Like more than a thousand others, my cousin Mustafa Mazen Mayt could not outrun the bullets as he ran for aid. Read more