“What is home for you?” I asked. “It is where I can be truly myself. Simply, it’s where I find safety and acceptance,” he answered.
As George Orwell teaches in “1984,” the real defeat is the defeat of the heart.
As the Beatles once sang, “I get by with a little help from my friends.” I have a very special friend who lights up even the grayest of days.
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.
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.”
I yearn to have a decent library in Gaza and for a good environment in which to read. Is this too much to hope?
My mother has suffered from chronic facial pain since 2007. An operation could allow her to ‘live’ again.
I groan in solidarity for WANN’s founder as she suffers during travel.
