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WANN

we are not numbers

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

Ahmed Dremly

    Ahmed Hosni Dremly is a Gaza-based journalist and translator. His articles have appeared in the Electronic Intifada, Palestine Chronicle, and Mondoweiss, and they have been translated and published by French and Italian websites and newspapers. One of his essays, about the 2021 aggression on Gaza, was selected as one of 20 Cinta Gaza Malaysia Prize winners and is being published in a book.

    Smiling young man in suitcoat and with lanyard around his neck.

    my work

    Two young girls in the dark bent over a cellphone used as a flashlight.

    Six constants of Israel’s war in northern Gaza Strip

    My traumatic ordeal in north Gaza is near-universal for the more than 2 million citizens of Gaza.
    Ahmed Dremly
      Man with "welcome baby" signed found in rubble of a home.

      In Gaza, Israel forces us to burn our memories

      Israel forces Palestinians to re-live the trauma of losing their homes, when they must use their contents as firewood.
      Ahmed Dremly
        Man gazing at Gaza sea.

        If the war stops now

        If the war stops now, who will bring back our loved ones who were killed in cold blood?
        Ahmed Dremly
          A row of canned foods and a bag of pasta.

          ‘In Gaza, dying of starvation is worse than dying from bombs’

          The people of Northern Gaza face a double calamity: starving, and watching their children starve.
          Ahmed Dremly
            Man baking bread using rudimentary oven.

            Starvation, survival, and the Flour Massacre

            A mother refused to let her son risk danger by going to the aid trucks bringing flour. Her intuition proved correct.
            Ahmed Dremly
              Palestine people in distress, like in Picasso's Guernica painting.

              Nothing

              I lost my loved ones / I lost my power, hope, dreams / and my last tears.
              Ahmed Dremly
                Hazem Muhanna sits amid the rubble of his home

                A museum obliterated

                A storehouse of antiquities was one of the casualties of Israel’s may Assault on Gaza.
                Ahmed Dremly

                  “Reading is not a crime”: The Gazan who collects newspapers

                  Reading is not only a way to stay informed, but it is a very enjoyable hobby.
                  Ahmed Dremly

                    Palestinian prisoners have children behind bars

                    Smuggled sperm and intrauterine insemination help Palestinian prisoners bear children.
                    Ahmed Dremly

                      Girls in Gaza deserve to practice sports without restrictions

                      "In sports, I have found a worldwide language that breaks down borders.”
                      Ahmed Dremly
                        Ahmed Dremly with the horse, Dana

                        When war ends, the struggle begins

                        After the bombs stop falling, people must deal with wounds that cannot be seen and that no amount of talking can heal.
                        Ahmed Dremly
                          man in front of damaged center.

                          The untold cost of war: Two Gaza entrepreneurs who lost everything

                          "I was shocked because it was the second time my center was destroyed in less than a year. It is like breaking your hand two times."
                          Ahmed Dremly