we are not numbers

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

Enas Fares Ghannam

    Enas Fares Ghannam served as We Are Not Numbers project manager from November 2021 to September 2023. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English education from Al-Azhar University, along with a diploma in translation from the Islamic University of Gaza. She is currently close to completing master’s degree in translation as well. Enas is passionate about improving the lives of youth, especially in Gaza. She hopes to help others discover what she did when she first joined WANN—that she has many unknown abilities that can be cultivated and nurtured. “Because of WANN, I discovered my ability to write creatively, both fiction and nonfiction. WANN also allowed me to get to know more about and analyze the world around me. It was my first step toward developing a better version of me.”

    my work

    “Khalid went abroad to build a future for himself, but he lost that future along the way.”
    Imagine: The power is out, your children need some light to get ready for bed, and you light a candle. Then, the candle is knocked over...
    When my nieces and nephews wanted to help other children during Ramadan, it began a family project.
    I was born blind, but that was ok, for everyone my age was born blind too.
    The so-called ISIS may speak our language and wear our clothes, or even pray the same way we do, but this doesn’t make them representative of Muslims.
    Eman set out on what she hoped would be a journey to a new life. She never thought she'd end up in prison.
    Emigrating from Gaza legally is an option open to a vanishingly small percentage of residents. That’s why some turn to illegal, dangerous means.
    Once upon a time in the Shujaya neighborhood in Gaza City, there were a mother and father, six sons and a daughter.
    When Ruba's husband didn't come home from work during the war, she discovered that the options for a woman now alone were few
    Recently I’ve been having strange dreams / I see myself looking at the sky / but it is not black anymore
    "What if 200,000 Palestinians headed peacefully to cross the border, while proclaiming they only want to go back to their land?
    I'm ok with not being able to visit any other country, but shouldn’t I be able to visit my own?