Playing guitar for and with others became my therapy and my form of resistance.
These symbols of joy had become a source of fear, but also of resolve.
A single door separates the calm world of a café from the struggle for survival in tents outside.
The computer was very useful for taking exams, attending online lectures, and downloading materials, but it was less important than paying tuition.
We write / to keep our names alive / to carve our stories into time.
A birthday celebration for my sister is one modest example of how life endures among broken streets and destroyed structures.
War has shaped our choices of career so we can rebuild Gaza.
Those who survive the genocide will return to houses that have been reduced to rubble, and yet the city will remain alive in its people.
I ask ChatGPT / because it always has an answer: / When will Palestine be free?
Art has become a means of survival, and also a way to document war, transforming living testimonies into vivid records for posterity.
The celebration in honor of my cousin was modest, but it created a large moment of joy and allowed us to momentarily forget the war.
Oscillating between hope and despair, I fought to keep intact my dream of completing my Tawjihi exam and moving on to university.
