we are not numbers

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

Tala Albanna

    Tala Albanna was born and grown up in Gaza. She is a law student, a writer, and an activist in the human rights and environmental fields. She has a strong passion to discover more about the world of animals and the nature generally. She likes to read and she also embroiders (tatreez) in her free time as a way to bond with her ancestral home in Jaffa.

    Tala Albanna.

    my work

    I offer this testimony to genocide’s savagery and tribute to my friend’s humanity.
    Gazans persevere even under the worst circumstances, because we have faith that the world still offers good things.
    Hair turning gray and other observations on how life has changed after more than 100 days of war.
    I’ve evacuated to the south, but I am helpless here. I can't even be myself.