In exile in Egypt, I carry Gaza within me wherever I go, but I do not know where I can safely plant my roots.
My future remains on hold while I wait for the Rafah border crossing to reopen.
Denied an airport, Gazans must endure a long and brutal land journey to cross their border.
A student enjoys life beyond Israel’s open-air prison.
Happy years spent in the United Kingdom are a stark contrast to the hard circumstances back home in Gaza.
Even dual citizenship does not spare the traveler when trying to exit Gaza.
My harassment at Ben Gurion Airport was due to me being a Jerusalemite, a Palestinian alien who isn’t considered an Israeli citizen or a Palestinian.
If you had to sum up life in six words, what would you you say? Here is one attempt, from Gaza
My husband and I planned a joyous wedding in Gaza, and then travel together to his home in the UAE. But then our world turned upside down.
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.
Most Palestinians can’t get out of Gaza, and others can’t visit us. Snapchat is sort of a bridge.
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.
