Yara is a Palestinian refugee whose original home town was Ashdod — now part of Israel after the ethinc cleansing of 1948. She says "writing is my favorite hobby. When I write, I feel like I'm in my own world. I can write about whatever I want, and I feel free. It's also a way to tell our true story to the world." Yara also loves reading novels, listening to music, dancing and riding a bike. She would love to ice skate if Gaza had a rink!
Yara is currently studying English literature in Saudi Arabia.
I am a girl who, in parts of the world where the people “matter,” would be considered too young to ask such things, much less know anything about them.
Pictures depict what we went through, go through and will get through.
