we are not numbers

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

Rawan Abu Asad

Rawan is a Palestinian filmmaker from Deir El-Balah city in central Gaza. She recently graduated from the Journalism and Media Department of the Islamic University of Gaza (IUG). She likes blogging, volunteers  in the IUG Pblic Relations Department as a reporter of university news and  writes for Barakabits.com. Her passions are filmmaking, human-interest features and social media.  

my work

When he left home that day, I had no idea we'd never see him again. Now, my father is a feeling inside I carry with me everywhere.