we are not numbers

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

Tag: children

Diapers, soap, and sanitary pads are scarce and exorbitantly priced, robbing Gazans of the basic right to cleanliness.
Fire. Feed. Eat. Live. / The warmth he seeks / claws at his childhood with / diseases, scars, and burns.
After the new year was beheaded last year / she decides to come back for this New Year’s Eve.
My young cousins imagine a “City of Dreams” where there are no bombs, only fun and even boredom.
More than 3,000 women in Gaza have been widowed since October 2023 and face enormous challenges.
My very sick child waits and waits for Israel to permit her to leave Gaza for the medical care she desperately needs.
My nephew Hamood looks beyond his amputation and other unrepaired injuries, and toward the day when he can play soccer again.
Famine is a cruel strategy Israel has imposed on the Gaza Strip and one that aid organizations work to counteract.
Three children, three stories of childhood robbed.
Our children don’t imagine monsters once a year on Halloween — they face them in real life, every day.
A young girl fights against the challenges of war to help her widowed mother and care for three younger siblings. 
They burned me, Mama / My heart was crying / Because my eyes melted / From the fire.