we are not numbers

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

Tag: youth

Gaza youth fight unemployment with startups.
I was desperate to leave when I was in Gaza, but when I was outside I learned to be proud of my home.
I am a twisted tree trunk, my broken branches still reaching.
’Israeli F-16 fighter jets struck the al-Katiba building with four missiles and killed two children,’’ the newscaster intoned. Those boys could have been me.
Our mission is to become Youth with Absolute Freedom — not just Youth Under Occupation.