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Stories

Remembering Rachel: Gazans react

by Pam Bailey
Writers from Gaza recall how they got to "know" Rachel Corrie.

USA

From Gaza to the Corries, with love

by Mohammed Alhammami
Thank you, Mr. and Ms. Corrie, for sharing Rachel with us. She gave us hope.

Gaza, USA

Gaza

by Malak Mattar
"Hi, Malak, where are you from?" "Prison."

Gaza, Turkey

Shakespeare in Gaza: rejected but still in love

by Mahmoud Khalaf
How can I describe it? After I was ordered to return to Gaza, I wished I could evaporate or cease to ...

Gaza

Weakness

by Malak Mattar
Don't kill the scary person inside you. Make friends instead.

Gaza, Turkey

Dreams of an almost 20-year-old

by Asmaa Tayeh
I'm not asking for a perfect life because I know a perfect life doesn't exist. I just want to live a ...

Gaza

Suicides on the rise in Gaza: When death seems the only escape

by Enas Fares Ghannam
What happens when a person is forced to struggle for years without enough money to support his family, ...

Gaza

What is freedom?

by Hossam Madhoun
The audience asked what freedom means to us. Freedom?! It is to be free from fear.

Gaza

Dramatic reading: My concept of life

by Shrouq Aila
In addition to my writing, I discovered drama is another “weapon” to help me fight and to survive. ...

Gaza

Warning: Facebook can be dangerous to your health

by Khaled Al-Ostath
It started with intense chest pains. I couldn’t breathe very well. My head got fuzzy and I couldn’t ...

Gaza, Turkey

The magic hands

by Noura Al-Ashi
I could not hear his voice, but I could “feel” him.

Gaza

A songbird's struggle

by Ahmed Elqattawi
"Music is my salvation, the medium through which I express myself the best."

Gaza

Dramatic reading: Beyond the horizon

by Abdalrahim Abuwarda
People in Gaza are less interested in drama, and I would love to see them sparked by it.

Gaza

When home is just four tacked-together walls and a dirt floor

by Aya Nashwan
More than 16,000 families remain displaced or homeless 18 months after the 2014 war.

Gaza

As Al-Qeq faces death, past hunger striker speaks out

by Mohammed Alhammami
Ex-hunger striker speaks out on the inhumanity of administrative detention and starving oneself for ...

Gaza, USA

Dramatic reading: Voice for the voiceless

by Ahmed Elqattawi
My voice allows me to travel the globe without servitude, for I am the voice of the voiceless.

Gaza

Dramatic reading: I was born blind

by Enas Fares Ghannam
I was born blind, but that was ok, for everyone my age was born blind too.

Gaza

Being Palestinian: blessing or curse?

by Aya Ibrahim
Rather than “it sucks to be Palestinian,” many of us say, believe and feel that “it is an honor ...

Lebanon, UK

Letters to a dead boy

by Nada Hammad
I don't know who you are. You and I have not met, and now never will.

Gaza

Discovering peace in a cemetery

by Riham El Naji
I was afraid to enter this place where dead people rest. But I found comfort there.

Gaza
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