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

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Tag: martyrs

Man with three children standing by a car.

To be a widow in Gaza during a genocide

More than 3,000 women in Gaza have been widowed since October 2023 and face enormous challenges.
Asem Al Jerjawi
    Dr. Refaat Alareer in front of text with "if I must die" in multiple languages.

    Until it passes

    So many of us still / hold our phones, read / your poems — not / losing hope.
    Shahd Ahmad Alnaami
      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
      Israeli soldiers with dogs in Gaza.

      When dogs become enemies

      Using canines to intimidate, injure, and torture Palestinians is government-sanctioned terrorism against civilians.
      Rim Mohammed
        A boy walking through a market on a sandy road.

        The mirror

        The Omar Al-Mokhtar Street market is not the one we knew before the war; now it is a mirror reflecting our souls.
        Nadera Raied Mushtha
          Two men sitting on a couch, with one man's arm around the other in friendship.

          We will beat you next time

          I look at the sky and say / A year without you is a lifetime.
          Basman Derawi
            Two hands reaching for each other against a dark background.

            I survived the Corridor of Death

            Families driven from their homes in the north were promised safe passage to the south; they were sent into a nightmare.
            Rifqa Hijazi
            • Gaza Strip
            Courtyard of school filled with children who have been displaced with their families.

            Wedad, the young warrior

            A young girl fights against the challenges of war to help her widowed mother and care for three younger siblings. 
            Sojoud Bakroon
            • Gaza Strip
            A young woman screaming above several other people screaming.

            Whispers of the unseen

            I’m a whisper caught in the city’s breath / An echo trapped in the screams of death.
            Jumana Taiseer Mughari
              Child covered in dirt and bleeding.

              Where were you, Mama?

              They burned me, Mama / My heart was crying / Because my eyes melted / From the fire.
              Nadera Raied Mushtha

                Innocent victims, killed and buried without farewell

                ‘Perhaps Mahmoud couldn’t bear life without his brother, but how can we bear the loss of them both?’
                Refaat Ibrahim
                  Woman on the beach.

                  Your first birthday in heaven 

                  ‘Maybe if you were still alive, we would have a small party at our favorite park, celebrating your 19th birthday.’
                  Shahd Ahmad Alnaami