The dove
On the first day of 2017, this is a wish that indigenous people everywhere come together to achieve peace and justice.
we are not numbers
emerging writers from Palestine tell their stories and advocate for their human rights
Malak is a Palestinian from Gaza and just 18 years old, but she is old beyond her years, having lived through three major attacks on her home. She didn’t start painting until 2014, when the 51-day Israeli assault was raging around her Gaza City home. Like other children, she found herself bored and anxious a lot, since it was not safe to go outside. So Malak started painting to “discharge all of my negative energy,” she explains.
Malak had been given some cheap paper and water colors at her government school, and it was all she had at hand at the time of the assault. Soon, though, she discovered she has a budding talent and loved the self-expression the “colors” allowed. She has been painting ever since, although now with acrylics on canvas.
Malak currently lives in Istanbul, where she is studying on scholarship.
On the first day of 2017, this is a wish that indigenous people everywhere come together to achieve peace and justice.
On my 17th birthday, I cannot celebrate. Children (and their parents) are dying in Aleppo (and elsewhere) while the world looks on.
Omran is one of countless children around the world who now know the worst thing humans can witness: war.
With Gaza down to four or five hours of electricity a day, could the moon help?
If you’re a parent, you know what it feels like when you cannot protect your children. Now imagine your children are a whole city….
I was three years old when Rachel Corrie was killed. But I know her story and will never forget.
This painting is of Ahed Tamimi, but it is dedicated to all who are imprisoned with her.
