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WANN

we are not numbers

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

Roaa Aladdin Missmeh

  • Gaza Strip

Roaa Aladdin Missmeh is a Palestinian homo sapiens who loves reading books and finds solace in them. She is studying English Literature and French Language at Al-Azhar University. She believes that the power of words is as infinite as the stars. “Everyone is a story that should be told, and I’ll do my best to tell mine.”

Current as of November 2024

Woman in hijab and round glasses outside.

my work

A stack of fiction books.

Finding my refuge in books

Characters in novels have fortified me against the chaos I am living in right now and helped me determine how to respond.
Roaa Aladdin Missmeh
  • Gaza Strip
Red roses among rubble

When red haunts

My lifelong aversion to the flamboyant color began to make more sense after a night of bombardment.
Roaa Aladdin Missmeh
  • Gaza Strip
Starry nght sky with trees in foreground and village in background.

‘The sight of stars makes me dream’

In the midst of hardship, a young Gazan looks to the stars to find beauty.
Roaa Aladdin Missmeh
  • Gaza Strip

What will Gaza’s children remember?

Gaza children grow up thinking bombing is normal, creating shelter space is normal, having plans disrupted by war is normal.
Roaa Aladdin Missmeh
  • Gaza Strip