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WANN

we are not numbers

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

Dima Maher Ashour

  • Gaza Strip
  • Diaspora

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.”

Current as of December 2024

my work

Ripe strawberries.

Questions on my mind

I muse about Gaza, my home, and the things I’ve lost.
Dima Maher Ashour
  • Gaza Strip
  • Diaspora
inside of a white tent.

How life changed for Gazans amid ongoing genocide

Farmers, students, mothers: All of them have experienced a year of displacement and a year lost.
Dima Maher Ashour
  • Gaza Strip
  • Diaspora
Bench on corniche at Gaza Sea.

The agony of uncertainty

For Gazans living under bombardment, siege, and famine, the not-knowing has become its own kind of prison.
Dima Maher Ashour
  • Gaza Strip
  • Diaspora
Destroyed bakery.

Food and starvation as weapons of war

Do not tell Gazans that hunger is a tragic consequence of war; they experience it as a deliberate policy of genocide.
Dima Maher Ashour
  • Gaza Strip
  • Diaspora

The sky is no longer safe

What’s the effect of all the drones and F16s, laden with missiles, flying above Gazan children?
Dima Maher Ashour
  • Gaza Strip
  • Diaspora