we are not numbers

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

Salsabeel Zeineddin

    Salsabeel is a writer and dreamer by nature. She graduated from the English Literature Department of the Islamic University of Gaza and is currently studying political science at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. Salsabeel likes blogging (for which she won a Red Cross competiton), and was a writer and translator for Quds network. Books, music, cultures, languages and all kinds of new adventures are her passions.
     

    my work

    When you're in Gaza, you can't wait to leave, and when you're out, you long for family but are too afraid to return.
    Life in Gaza is a little like the surreal world in the movie, "The Maze Runners."
    Life in Gaza is a little like the surreal world in the movie, "The Maze Runners."
    Most internationals don't understand that 'prison' is not a far-off place for Palestinians. It holds our families.
    Chocolate solves many problems -- even in Gaza.
    There may be strife between religions elsewhere, but in Gaza, music unites Christians and Muslims.