we are not numbers

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

Saja Jaber Al-Moghair

    Saja Jaber Al-Moghair is a student at Al-Shuhada Secondary School, an Access Microscholarship alumna and a Palestinian girl who lives in the “castle of the south," Rafah, located on the border with Egypt. She was born in Khan Yunis, which is in the southern half of the Gaza Strip. She loves reading different writers, especially  like Gibran Khalil Gibran. In addition, she loves writing and considers her writing as my a nonviolent weapon she can use against the Israeli occupation. She says, “I want the whole world to know about the real face of the occupation. And to see how beautiful and kind we are!”

    my work

    The Palestinian says, “Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.”