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Tag: mental health

Line drawing of face in profile; person is crying.

Longing for death

‘I think about leaving. The idea of not existing flows into the room. It has a blue shady aura. It comes and goes.’
Alia Kassab
    A father on the balcony in Gaza, looking at the sunset.

    I have no emotions anymore

    Will our hopes ever be answered and our wounds heal, allowing Gazans to embrace life again with open hearts?
    Fatima Elzahraa Marwan Shaat
      Line drawing of distressed humans in a pile.

      Confessions of a human animal

      This Gazan wanted to die, but the last words of Dr. Refaat Alareer changed her mind.
      Alia Kassab
        Woman holding doves.

        The head of the new year

        What were my wishes for the new year?  /  What were my grandfather’s wishes in 1949 / after the Nakba?
        Basman Derawi
          Drone.

          Drones above Gaza

          Constant noise from the unmanned planes causes headaches, irritability, and insomnia, and can literally drive one mad.
          Shahd Safi
            Young girl.

            For Gaza’s children, sleep brings only nightmares

            Repeated Israeli aggressions take a terrible toll on the mental health of Gazan children.
            Hamza Salha
              Woman's face in Palestine flag colors

              Your eyes are poetry

              In your eyes, the stars/Pierce my heart /Cutting through my hopes/Tearing them apart.
              Shahd Safi
                Shadow of a woman

                My shadow

                It doesn't cry when I do/It just sits and listens to the symphony I play, entitled melancholy.
                Shahd Safi

                  If the sky ends

                  I lose track of the beach shoreline / feel the wetness of the mud / notice the redness of the sun
                  Fedaa Alsoufi

                    Learning to embrace my inner child

                    Many people in Gaza suffer from depression and fear, yet are too afraid to seek hep or support. It's time to own our inner child.
                    Haya Abdullah Ahmed

                      Trauma-free Gaza

                      I hope to help my fellow Palestinians restore their mental health.
                      Hind Wihaidi

                        How WANN lifted me from depression

                        Sorrow and depression are not proper guides to living—friends are.
                        Abdallah Aljazzar