Stolen childhoods remain lost forever, and broken souls carry wounds that time cannot heal.
For my brother Hassan, the sounds of war are a full-scale physical and psychological assault, trapping him in a state of constant terror.
We came to Egypt fleeing death, but in exile suffering continues to chase us and we face an uncertain future.
My grandfather planted a tree in 1998 that, decades later, saved his grandchildren from despair.
Mohammad Yousef Al-Najjar is determined to become a diplomat or an international legal advocate.
Israel has bulldozed the fertile area of Mirage, destroying Gaza’s ability to feed itself and sentencing the people to a slow death.
Israel has killed more journalists and media workers than were killed in both world wars plus the wars in Vietnam, Yugoslavia, and Afghanistan.
Refaat Ibrahim’s experience exemplifies the suffering of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention, which the world’s silence enables.
I choke from the smoke, my eyes sting to the point of tears, my hands are blackened and cracked: all for a hot drink or a plate of canned food.
We never imagined the day would come when we’d eat a falafel meal with so much eagerness and longing.
Wael Al-Dahdouh was completely committed to his work, yet his equal commitment to his family forced him to make the hard decision to leave Gaza.
Even after so many wars on Gaza, the residents never become accustomed to them.
