we are not numbers

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

Famine is a cruel strategy Israel has imposed on the Gaza Strip and one that aid organizations work to counteract.

Her ‘laboratory of joy’ unites our family despite genocide and displacement.

When the people of Gaza have nothing to eat, they fill their bellies with their raw emotions.

The people of Northern Gaza face a double calamity: starving, and watching their children starve.

People with wheat allergy doubly suffer from the immense shortage of food in Gaza.

We Palestinians are famous for our delicious food. But now the aroma of food has faded and been replaced by death.

I'm fat. And it is (should be) ok.

The comfort of sweets can carry you over the rough spots, and in Gaza, the best are at the Honey Bee.