Hassan Herzallah is a Palestinian storyteller, writer, and translator based in Gaza, currently in his fourth year studying English translation. He writes about Middle East affairs and life under siege, displacement, and daily struggles in Gaza. His work has been published by international media and translated into more than seven language.
Current as of February 2026
How can an entire city become ‘past’? How can it be written so simply, as if it had never been a living place, filled with people?
Even though the bombs stopped on paper, life in Gaza remains a struggle for the basics of survival.
During the war, the day of communal worship became just like any other day. No mosque, no lunch, no gathering, not even a sense of time.
