we are not numbers

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

Haneen Alisawi

  • Gaza Strip

Haneen Alisawi is a passionate content writer and English-Arabic translator whose heart beats for words. She sees them as the hidden bond knitting humans together. Words solely have the ability to liberate souls or shackle them, in her belief. To her, to write is to live.

Current as of May 2024

Smiling young woman in white dress and black hijab with white headband.

my work

For wartime evacuees, the cold season is full of cruel experiences, unlike past winters fondly remembered.
The sparkle now is a choke in my throat. Words stick inside it and fight. Should they tell the truth?
I’m trying my hardest to keep sane: / When I see a mother’s pale face, / the one that lost its radiance after the war began
Child and adult actors rehearse the script of a tragic drama not of their choosing and perform it repeatedly.
An injury from an Israeli bombing injured the body and wounded the heart.