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Tag: family

Siblings (two male and two female).

Somaia survives 21 days in the rubble of her home

A young woman survives both a missile attack that killed family members and a weeks-long siege of her neighborhood.
Aya Al-Hattab
  • Gaza Strip
Four girls on couch.

My Powerpuff Girls

My nieces’ superpowers are their unbreakable spirits, which comfort and inspire me and keep me going.
Hend Salama Abo Helow
    Two young girls in the dark bent over a cellphone used as a flashlight.

    Six constants of Israel’s war in northern Gaza Strip

    My traumatic ordeal in north Gaza is near-universal for the more than 2 million citizens of Gaza.
    Ahmed Dremly
      Young man taking selfie with father.

      I wish I were a bird

      I want to fly to my brother, to my father, to my sister, who have all been separated from me by Israel’s war on Gaza.
      Yusuf El-Mobayed
        Two children sitting on a front stoop.

        ‘I am flung into dreams as my only solace’

        Dreamwork has offered a little relief, but the dreams of the conscious mind are loaded with debris and uncertainty.
        Khalid Dader
          A young man holding a toddler.

          Israel thought they could bury my family, but they planted seeds

          One year ago Israel killed 21 members of my family. This has driven me to speak louder for Palestinians.
          Ahmed Alnaouq
            Four sisters.

            My sister decides not to give in to the loss

            Malak was devastated by the war’s interruption of her education but now looks toward new opportunities.
            Aya Al-Hattab
            • Gaza Strip
            Eight family members standing together.

            My father’s wound

            My father repaired cars for a living. After an Israeli airstrike injured him, he desperately needed repair himself.
            Rola Ameen Al-Dremly
              Policeman surrounded by crowd holding up fingers in V sign.

              This war has broken me in ways I didn’t think possible

              I’ve lost 60 family members in the last year, and I struggle to process how quickly everything has changed.
              Abdallah Aljazzar
                Womans legs and hands next to empty plate.

                Gazans face empty plates filled with anger

                When the people of Gaza have nothing to eat, they fill their bellies with their raw emotions.
                Eva Abu Mariam
                  A beautiful neighborhood as seen from above.

                  The North of Gaza calls me back home

                  I am one of those who evacuated to the south and returned to the north of Gaza, to Al-Rimal, where I remain.
                  Dalia
                    A small dilapidated tent on the beach at a Gaza displacement camp.

                    A family tree, ripped from its roots

                    After the killing of their parents and brother, siblings fight for their lives — and for brief moments of happiness.
                    Sahar Al-ijla