by Basman Derawi
"At night, an aching absence awakens me. That burning won’t leave me alone." The hole I feel is the ...
by Batoul Billali
Today, my sweet Aunt Ahlam, you excused yourself from this world.
by Anas Jnena
Gaza youth cling to a sliver of hope that the reconciliation announced in the last few days will finally ...
by Khuloud Rabah Sulaiman
As the news of possible Palestinian reconciliation spread, it became the subject everyone talks about. ...
by Basman Derawi
I was like a hungry animal: hungry for a job, for dignity, for freedom, for a life. I didn’t think ...
by Duaa Ardat
Islam is almost universally misunderstood in the Western world. Since the 9/11 attacks on that brought ...
by Omnia Ghassan
Our souls are in our boats, in our motors; without them, we’re dead.
by Mohammed Moussa
A policeman stops me. “You are not from Jerusalem," he says. But Jerusalem lives in me.
by Aya Zaqout
We may not have peace in Gaza, but I hope to inspire an inner sense of peace through my art.
by Mohammed Arafat
Gaza is home to hundreds of unsung heroes. Among them are the fishermen who sail out every day and risk ...
by Karama Fadel
“Will we ever be able to be together again as family?” wonders my friend Sajedah, who is separated ...
by Rana Shubair
I used to think I could touch the stars, reach for the moon, and slide down the rainbow.
by Leen Abu Said
I have one wish: I wish that no one has to bury his son or daughter while he is alive.
by Bashar Nabhan
I finally understand the message my grandfather tried to teach me: to live, you have to struggle.
by Ahmed Alnaouq
They jumped from the fire to a frying pan, but these Syrians are making a home in Gaza.
by Eman Abunada
Who denies the right of a daughter to see her ailing parents?
by Rana Shubair
I see Gaza as a place where people of other nations should long to visit or tread its soil. Those who ...
by Omnia Ghassan
Gaza deserves to be loved. It may not be the perfect place to live, but its imperfections are what make ...
by Wesam Alnaouq
The three men screamed for help, but no one responded. Everyone was gone, or maybe, like us, they were ...