Sara Awad is an English literature student with a passion for literature and everything related to it. Outside of studying, she enjoys writing, painting, photographing, and volunteering with local charities. She dreams of being an ambassador for Palestine in many different nations abroad. She also wishes to become an English-language journalist so she can tell the truth about the Palestinian cause in her hometown, Gaza.
Sara was inspired by her father and wished to become a professor as he is at Islamic University of Gaza.
Current as of March 2025
Al-Baqa Café provided respite from the war until Israel targeted it and turned it into a scene of carnage.
Even as I am overwhelmed by this war, I still long to hope, to bring happiness to others, and to make things a little more normal.
When Israel targeted the main internet hub in the Gaza Strip, we were swallowed by silence and cut off from the world.
The world says and does little as Israel destroys Gaza’s health care system and denies our human right to medical treatment.
Trauma is the invisible wound of war, and much harder to endure than bitter cold and hunger.
Israeli jailers neglected his medical needs when he was inside prison and when he needed assistance returning home.
As I navigate the challenges of familial responsibility and educational aspirations, I obtain strength from others around me.
