by Shrouq Aila
My little sister is happily counting the stars. I think back to another time when my little sister counted, ...
by Hamid El-Darwich
“Why is this?" I asked when I was told I would not get my visa in time. "Because you're a Palestinian," ...
by Doaa Mohaisen
'I wasn't a clever girl, but I wanted to learn,' says Samah. Now, each craft she makes whispers the ...
by Fatema Dabdoub
What comes to mind when ISIS is mentioned? In conversations and in the media, their acts of terrorism ...
by Salsabeel Zeineddin
There may be strife between religions elsewhere, but in Gaza, music unites Christians and Muslims.
by Ghada Ahmed
I love English, but in Arabic, there are so many more ways to communicate nuance.
by Saleh Orouq
The media never focuses on the social cooperation so common between Palestinians, especially in Gaza. ...
by Noura Al-Ashi
They’re happy despite the hardship of their lives. They’re happy even as they shoulder the pain ...
by Asmaa Elkhaldi
It's Christmas time in Gaza, and Christians are busily preparing. But it's a special time for Muslims ...
by Nisreen Al-Khatib
A true fisher is like a fish. If you take her away from the sea, you're taking her life out of her body.
by Said Al-Yacoubi
Ameer touched so many lives, and mine was one of them. People in Gaza called him “the Palestinian ...
by Khaled Al-Ostath
I yearn to have a decent library in Gaza and for a good environment in which to read. Is this too much ...
by Mahmoud Khalaf
I had seen many news reports about innocent people forced to evacuate their homes, but I never thought ...
by Hana Salah
Um Mohammed believes her son, like many fallen Palestinians, is hidden by Israel in its Tomb of Numbers
by Enas Fares Ghannam
The so-called ISIS may speak our language and wear our clothes, or even pray the same way we do, but ...
by Ismail Abu Aitah
Nothing stops true artists from creating, even when basic supplies are nowhere to be found.
by Mohammed Alhammami
Political Zionism is an ideology that is inherently racist, supremacist and exclusivist. If you believe ...
by Hossam Madhoun
In the war, like in every war, sadness prevails…
by Pam Bailey
Among the sympathies pouring into Paris from all over the world are messages from the Palestinians of ...
by Enas Fares Ghannam
Eman set out on what she hoped would be a journey to a new life. She never thought she'd end up in prison.