What would life be like without fear?
I’m searching for a place that might hold me apart from this chaos or from the life that presses in from every side.
Noor Abu Mariam
- Gaza Strip
Noor Abu Mariam is a business administration student at Al-Azhar University in Gaza, specializing in English. As a Palestinian, she strives to use writing as a powerful tool through which to share her story with the world — seeking to shed light on the experiences and resilience of her community in Gaza.
Current as of March 2025
I’m searching for a place that might hold me apart from this chaos or from the life that presses in from every side.
This basic food staple has undergone the surreal transformation into both lifeline and symbol of a disappearing homeland.
Children in Gaza are stripped of their most basic human rights, facing the threat of death if not from bombing then from hunger.