we are not numbers

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

Mariam Abukwaik

    Mariam is a Palestinian-Indian born in New York (USA) and raised in New Jersey. (Her father is a Palestinian from Gaza and her mother is Indian.) She is studying social work at New York University and will spend the 2018-19 school year in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Eventually, Mariam wants to go to law school. She is also married to a Palestinian-American poet.

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    Diaspora

    I am Palestinian, but cannot visit Palestine. This is the fate of an exile in the diaspora.

    To my family in Gaza

    I hear the sounds of cars driving by, but what really rings in my ears are the sounds of gunshots I’ve heard in Facebook videos of snipers injuring thousands of protesters.

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