Rula Hamdouna graduated from the Faculty of Commerce, Al-Azhar University of Gaza, with a major in accounting, taking coursework taught in English. She works as an online writer and translator and also collaborates with the Tamer Institute for Community Education, conducting recreational workshops for children and writing reports on the ground.
“Writing and translation are not just jobs for me,” she says. “They are passions.”
Current as of May 2025
From the balcony of our home, we now look out at bombed buildings, a pool of sewage water, and dark clouds of pollution hovering over a lifeless sea.
Water is scarce, gas impossibly expensive, and every corner of our house full of rubble, but a neighbor’s kindness fueled a small spark of hope.
The many good things I took for granted came with no guarantee.
