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WANN

we are not numbers

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

Tag: resilience/survival/sumud

A field of strawberries with some buildings behind.

Our farm in the north: one small part of a great catastrophe

My family’s sanctuary from urban life was destroyed, but the land remains and we will rebuild.
Salsabeel AbuLoghod
    A woman with her back to the camera, standing in front of rubble.

    Thank you, 2024

    Thank you for forcing me to question everything, everything inside me, around me, even my existence in this universe.
    Anonymous
      Man speaking on stage at a rally, Palestine flag in background.

      Gaza is right to celebrate victory against Israeli genocide

      Support for Palestine has increased in many countries, and history will no longer be kind to Israel.
      Ahmed Alnaouq
      • Gaza Strip
      • Diaspora
      • United Kingdom
      A hand holding a coffee cup in front of a blooming bush.

      The roots of my life are steadfast

      My garden, that once pulsed with life, was reduced to a desert of ash. But it will grow again.
      Anonymous
        Walnut tree among rubble.

        Whispers of the walnut tree

        The whispering walnut calls / begs me to breathe / to stop crying. / To return.
        Fatena Abu Mostafa
        • Gaza Strip
        A father with two children in frfont of a birthday cake.

        Moving forward despite the fear of loss

        Shaimaa has always seen life differently — beautifully — and focused on the positive, no matter the hardship.
        Ohood Nassar
        • Gaza Strip
        Three boys playing on the ground.

        Dreaming of a future beyond war

        My young cousins imagine a “City of Dreams” where there are no bombs, only fun and even boredom.
        Diaa Ibrahim
        • Gaza Strip
        A dust cloud over a displacement camp.

        Between bombs and breaths

        Gazans live in inexorable pain with no pause and they are surrounded by death all the time.
        Shahd Hassanin
        • Gaza Strip
        Open book with illustration and text in Arabic.

        Reading “One Thousand and One Nights” in Gaza during the genocide

        Day after day, the children would wait for me to open the book and transport them to another world.
        Reem Sleem
        • Gaza Strip
        • Diaspora
        Gaza beach at sunset.

        Holding on to the one I lost

        Gaza has become the city where happiness is snatched away without warning, where love and death walk hand in hand.
        Anonymous
          A stack of fiction books.

          Finding my refuge in books

          Characters in novels have fortified me against the chaos I am living in right now and helped me determine how to respond.
          Roaa Aladdin Missmeh
          • Gaza Strip
          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
          • Gaza Strip