Questions on my mind
I muse about Gaza, my home, and the things I’ve lost.
Dima Maher Ashour
- Gaza Strip
- Diaspora
we are not numbers
emerging writers from Palestine tell their stories and advocate for their human rights
Dima Ashour is a literature student and proud to have studied under Dr. Refaat Alareer, whose guidance and vision continue to inspire her.
She is passionate about passing words into the world. “I am a short story writer trying to find beauty amidst this chaos,” she says. “I believe that beauty lives longer than ugliness.”
Her short story Almond Dates is published online at Refaat Writes Back.
Current as of April 2025
I muse about Gaza, my home, and the things I’ve lost.
Farmers, students, mothers: All of them have experienced a year of displacement and a year lost.
For Gazans living under bombardment, siege, and famine, the not-knowing has become its own kind of prison.
Do not tell Gazans that hunger is a tragic consequence of war; they experience it as a deliberate policy of genocide.
What’s the effect of all the drones and F16s, laden with missiles, flying above Gazan children?
