
A business plan replaced by mere hope for survival
Two friends take on the challenge of starting a business while studying for the Tawjihi. Then war intervenes.
- Gaza Strip

Two friends take on the challenge of starting a business while studying for the Tawjihi. Then war intervenes.

A cup of coffee stimulates recollections of a time now gone: college days and wonderful afternoons with a dear friend.

Ahmad’s journey has taken him away from dreams of becoming a doctor to the reality of selling desserts for survival.

The destruction of my university and everything around it strikes a blow against Gaza’s future and my own.

Memories preserved in photos remind me of the love Samah radiated and the deep impact she had on me.

A young man in Gaza overcomes despair by playing his oud for his neighbors in a tent camp.

Little Mohammed’s innocence was not enough to save his life.

As if war is not enough! Our dreams are being stolen away by forced moves, near-deaths, and the Rafah border closing.

A brief experience of life with freedom and without siege contrasts sharply with the existential struggle of living displaced in a tent.

Senior year of medical school ‘turned out to feel like an amputation of our aspirations.’

The day used to start with a good breakfast and end with homework and relaxing games. Now there is nothing.

A family took refuge in Kuwait School, then Israeli shelling destroyed nearly everything. Yet dreams survive.