Hanan Yousif Shallah is a graduate of English literature from Al-Aqsa University. She is a translator and a writer. “I find myself in reading,” she says. “I find new worlds,…

Lina Ghassan Abu Zayed is a writer and optometrist from the Gaza Srip. Before the war, she worked at Al-Nasr Eye Hospital, and during the war, she volunteered at Yafa…

Shahd Alnaouq is a poet and writer from Gaza. She studies English literature with a minor in translation at the Islamic University of Gaza. Before the war, Shahd wrote in…

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…

Abdallah Aljazzar is a Palestinian writer and program coordinator from Gaza, where he studied English language and literature at Al-Azhar University in Gaza. Abdallah now pursues his postgraduate course in…

Soha Diab is a graduate of the Faculty of Science at the Islamic University. She has worked as a teacher and served as head of the activities sector. With a…

MennatAllah Marwan Shaat is studying for her Tawjihi. She participated in youth and community programs at the Palestinian Center and she cares deeply about volunteering. “I love reading and writing,”…

Yousef Alnono is a writer and student from Gaza, currently in his final year of studying English language and literature at the Islamic University of Gaza. Through his writing, he…

Jazeel Hamid is a Gazan writer, originally from Beit Hanoun, but raised in Al-Remal in Gaza City. Following the events of October 7, 2023, she evacuated with her younger sister…

Sara Tayseer is a Palestinian writer and translator graduated from the Islamic University of Gaza. She writes about life in Gaza, telling stories of resilience, loss, and the small moments…

Ali Mohammad Sbaih is a high school student in the 2006 Tawhiji cohort. He is a graduate of the Access scholarship program sponsored by Amideast Gaza. He has participated in…

Sana Saleh is a Palestinian artist and design student from Gaza, currently based in Egypt after surviving the ongoing genocide. She was born and raised in the Jabalia refugee camp,…