we are not numbers

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

Tag: Palestine

"I will always practice art, until one day I return with my mother to our city of Nazareth."
“Wars are in every home: in Ukraine and in Palestine. Where should I escape now?” 
“Muhammad’s life was very normal before he contracted the Guillain-Barre virus."
"Diyaa’s name means light in Arabic. Indeed, he was the light of my life."
I once could experience Ramallah only vicariously, yet now, I was actually walking its streets. 
Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli forces in Jenin doing what she always sought to do - bring Palestinian voices to the world.
The fight of Native Americans for control of their "sacred land" is Palestinians' fight too. We are with them because their story is our story.
It is difficult for anyone to go against social and religious norms, and an important lesson in life is when and how.
All I wanted was some Sudafed. But I was not allowed that relief because my homeland isn't in the U.S. "system."
My hope is that when my children, or the children of my children, experience peace in their land, they will look at each other and say, how dare they? Just as we now do with the Holocaust.
The world is a foreign land/I have her broken pieces in my hand.
The Palestinian says, “Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.”