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we are not numbers

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

Asma Abu Amra

    Asma Azme Amra has a bachelor’s degree in English language education and a diploma in translation. She works as a freelance translator and an SEO specialist. For Asma, writing is her closest friend and work that is dear to her heart. Through her writing, Asma hopes to reveal everything she knows about the Palestinian issue and the most significant events in her life.

    Current as of February 2024

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    A girl lying on a hospital bed with a leg in a brace.

    Enduring the siege of Al-Shifa while injured

    At the hospital for treatment, Om Abdullah and her two daughters became trapped in Israel’s attack on the complex.
    Asma Abu Amra
      Injured girl with bandaged hands lying on blanket.

      When school shelters are targeted

      A family took refuge in Kuwait School, then Israeli shelling destroyed nearly everything. Yet dreams survive.
      Asma Abu Amra
        Woman receiving dialysis.

        Gazans face dialysis crisis as hospitals close

        Rationed care means patients with kidney disease are receiving fewer and shorter treatments per week than they need.
        Asma Abu Amra

          Why not many Gazans made it to Qatar World Cup 2022

          The blockade and other reasons prevented many Gazan fans from traveling to Qatar for football’s premier event.
          Asma Abu Amra

            Gaza grieves as Israel opens floodgates

            Families received no warning that water was being released, flooding homes and agricultural lands.
            Asma Abu Amra

              Wheels of suffering: The struggle of Gazans with disabilities

              “It’s hard for an able-bodied person to lose support in life, but what about the one who is not understood by the people around him?"
              Asma Abu Amra
                Palestinian stage a protest outside UNRWA headquarters in Gaza. (Photo: Mahmoud Ajjour, The Palestine Chronicle)

                UNRWA’s promises to compensate destroyed houses are evaporating

                Years after Israel’s 2014 attack, some Gazans remain in deplorable living conditions, and also in debt.
                Asma Abu Amra
                  Maqloubeh.

                  Upside down

                  War is like a dark version of maqloubeh, the delicious dish that is inverted onto a platter before serving.
                  Asma Abu Amra