Aseel Zeineddin has been a WANNer since June 2022. She obtained a law degree from Al-Azhar University, Gaza, and has more than five years of experience advocating for the rights of young Palestinians. She has traveled to represent Palestinian youth, both locally in the West Bank and internationally to Europe.
She has been writing stories and reciting poetry since childhood, in both Arabic and English. Her first story in English, “Interrupted Graduation,” is included in the book, WE ARE NOT NUMBERS: The Voices of Gaza’s Youth. Her Arabic poem, “In My City,” was published in Some of Love and Life magazine, by the Qattan Centre for the Child in 2016.
“I stand for justice, freedom and equal human rights for everyone, and I dedicate my work to these causes,” she says.
Aseel served as project assistant for the Gaza office of We Are Not Numbers in 2026.
Current as of August 2026
Firing on hungry people desperately waiting for flour inscribed a shameful chapter in human history.
My friendship with an American living near the U.S. wildfires propels my advocacy for humanism over vengeful thinking.
This year Gazans prayed through the sounds of explosions, constant fear, and the many distractions of danger.
A Gaza writer expresses her gratitude to friends who had been concerned when she lost touch with them for 50 days.
Graduation day for my sister, a new doctor, was supposed to bring joyous celebration. Instead we spent it under attack.
