we are not numbers

emerging writers from Palestine tell their stories and advocate for their human rights

Even dual citizenship does not spare the traveler when trying to exit Gaza.

Three boys went to their farmland to relax; now Israel wont return their bodies.

Farmers, fishermen and other workers toiling near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel fight a battle rarely talked about.

With every step I took closer to the fence, it felt as if we were only meters away from death.

Due to the regular Israeli incursions over the border, farmers such as Abu Mohammed lives lives of uncertainty and fear.