we are not numbers

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

‘For minutes, we just stared into each other’s eyes, unable to believe that after 15 months of separation, we were finally together again.’

The war separated my uncle from his beloved mother, and when she died of famine-related causes, he was inconsolable.

Helplessness, unworthiness, powerlessness: Feelings that come when outside Gaza but with siblings trapped inside.

A family in Gaza sought to bring their sick grandmother home from war-torn Ukraine.

Gazans outside Gaza, as much as family members trapped inside, feel the terror of the bombardments on their homeland.

It is the sad fate of many Palestinians to be separated from their loved ones.

It's almost harder to be far away during a war than to survive it.