Farah Samer Zaina is an Arabic–English translator, content writer, and teacher in Gaza. She graduated from the Islamic University of Gaza (IUG) with a degree in English literature. She is the daughter of Samer and Diana Zaina and a student of Dr. Refaat Alareer.
She has worked as a teacher’s assistant at the University College of Applied Science in Gaza, as an English trainer at the Continuing Education Deanship at IUG, and as a translator and content writer with the External Relationship program at IUG and Act for Palestine. When she was a student, she served as a team leader at the Women and Inclusive Peace festival.
She has been published in Mondoweiss, Electronic Intifada, and other outlets from Northern Gaza.
Farah’s process to prepare for teaching is to learn through reading books, researching, watching videos and films, taking courses, and discovering new talents.
“I believe that learning is a lifetime process,” she says. “I love literature because it mirrors reality, life, events, people, and much more.
“I write because words have power.
“I have lived my whole life in Gaza seeing my people and my students growing more resilient, and I am proud of them.”
Current as of February 2025
Gazans continue to support one another, sharing what little they have despite their own grief and financial hardships.
The children of Gaza are forced too soon to be adults, but they still carve out time to play joyfully.
Fire. Feed. Eat. Live. / The warmth he seeks / claws at his childhood with / diseases, scars, and burns.
Red lines and blue lines / Run to meet in the middle of the heart / To dance together and invite the heart to drum.
