we are not numbers

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

Tag: Rafah

The world’s humanity did not save 1.3 million people crowding in Rafah from the horror of displacement.
One family’s story of loss and hardship stands for the hundreds of thousands of such stories in Gaza.
It looked as if Ameera would not get out of Gaza to study, as is the case with so many. But she and her sister never gave up, and they won.
When you're in Gaza, you can't wait to leave, and when you're out, you long for family but are too afraid to return.
As George Orwell teaches in "1984," the real defeat is the defeat of the heart.
It was my first opportunity to leave Gaza and see the outside world. And for a few brief moments, I imagined being like most people and simply boarding a plane.
When the electricity is off at home, what do you do? Take a 'walkabout'!
If you could write a letter to your future self, what would you say?
Despite the ongoing closure, medical student Marj Al-Zohoor has never lost hope or canceled her plans to continue her studies in Egypt.
Despite the ongoing closure, medical student Marj Al-Zohoor has never lost hope or canceled her plans to continue her studies in Egypt.
Life in Gaza is a little like the surreal world in the movie, "The Maze Runners."
Life in Gaza is a little like the surreal world in the movie, "The Maze Runners."