Photo accompanying Ali Skaik’s essay, “The Street That Refuses to Die.” Photo: Ali Skaik

Four journalists who are alumni of the We Are Not Numbers project were featured in the “Day for Gaza” February 3 online issue of The Nation. On that date, The Nation published only pieces by people in or from the Gaza Strip.

Founded in 1865, The Nation is a prominent U.S. monthly magazine that provides progressive political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis.

“In sharing ‘A Day for Gaza,’ we hope to breach the silence that has descended around Gaza, and to do so by offering a microphone to some of the 2 million people whose stories demand to be told,” the editors wrote.

In an email to subscribers, they elaborated on their reasons for this focused coverage:

to highlight the ongoing crisis that the people of Gaza are facing at the hands of Israel and its allies; to recommit ourselves to covering this critical issue and to giving Palestinians the opportunity to tell their own stories; and to offer an invitation and a challenge to other members of the media, who seem to have all but forgotten about this ongoing tragedy. Coverage of Gaza has plummeted in the months since the so-called “ceasefire” was declared in October, even as Israel’s genocidal ambitions have not wavered. We were determined to make a statement about our own resolve not to look away and to press our fellow journalists to do the same.

The four articles by WANN writers are:

My Sister’s Death Still Echoes Inside Me by Asmaa Dwaima

A Ceasefire in Name Only by Mohammed R Mhawish

The Street That Refuses to Die by Ali Skaik

What Gaza’s Photographers Have Seen by Huda Skaik