we are not numbers

emerging writers from Palestine tell their stories and advocate for their human rights

Co-published Stories

Support for Palestine has increased in many countries, and history will no longer be kind to Israel.
Day after day, the children would wait for me to open the book and transport them to another world.
A young man is distraught over the beloved horse he had to leave behind when he was displaced to southern Gaza.
‘No matter how much the occupation destroys, we will remain in Gaza and so will the olive trees.’
More than 3,000 women in Gaza have been widowed since October 2023 and face enormous challenges.
A young woman survives both a missile attack that killed family members and a weeks-long siege of her neighborhood.
Healthcare workers in Gaza fight against immense challenges to care for the injured.
Harsh weather, inadequate shelter, and ongoing attacks create a dire situation that threatens our very survival.
Famine is a cruel strategy Israel has imposed on the Gaza Strip and one that aid organizations work to counteract.
Three children, three stories of childhood robbed.
Hadeel has been forced to move multiple times, each time to a new camp, new tent, and new neighbors she does not know.
Farmers, students, mothers: All of them have experienced a year of displacement and a year lost.