What doesn’t kill you makes you laugh
For the suffering people in Gaza, making jokes keeps us from losing our minds.
- 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
For the suffering people in Gaza, making jokes keeps us from losing our minds.
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