What is choice during a genocide?
‘I changed my mind a million times. I tortured myself with the losses that each decision would force upon me.’
- Gaza Strip
- Diaspora
Tala Albanna is a law student and human rights advocate. She worked with children and women as a child protection facilitator. She loves books, animals, and trees. She enjoys embroidering as a therapeutic activity and a way to bond with my hometown, Jaffa.
She recently published her first book, Nos cœurs invincibles, published by Flammarion.
Current as of November 2025
‘I changed my mind a million times. I tortured myself with the losses that each decision would force upon me.’
I offer this testimony to genocide’s savagery and tribute to my friend’s humanity.
Gazans persevere even under the worst circumstances, because we have faith that the world still offers good things.
Hair turning gray and other observations on how life has changed after more than 100 days of war.
I’ve evacuated to the south, but I am helpless here. I can’t even be myself.