we are not numbers

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

Said Alsaloul

    Said Alsaloul is a Gazan who lives among the rubble. Formerly he was an English trainer for Arabic speakers, but now, his life path involuntarily deviated to journalism, through which he exposes the massacres, genocides, and ethnic cleansing committed by the occupying army in Palestine.

    “I consider myself a professional fiction writer; however, I have never thought that I would be a big deal in the field of journalism (narrating non-fiction stories),” he says. “Although my writing instinct emerged in picturing non-real narratives, I faced no difficulty framing what had been really happening in Gaza with the same pace of efficiency: the whole thing would be of a horror genre in a fiction novel.”

    He adds, “I am a life-hugger, a life-saver, and a human being.”

    Current as of May 2024

    Head shot of a young bearded man with trees behind him.

    my work

    Little Mohammed’s innocence was not enough to save his life.
    ‘My coffee slipped from my hand as my unbelieving eyes stayed transfixed on the TV. ‘God, please let this be fiction!’’
    A father urges on rescuers to find his wife and two children trapped in the rubble after an Israeli airstrike.