In the midst of Israel’s war on Palestine, WANN mentors and writers are raising awareness of the Palestinian perspective in multiple media outlets. They are providing context demonstrating that Gazans, and all Palestinians, are not numbers. This media report will be updated regularly.

Note: Some of these articles may be behind paywalls.

April 24

Israelism” film discussion hosted by Owen Jones

Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) panelist

Na’amod

April 19

Israel killed my grandmother

Mariam Mohammed Al Khateeb  (WANN writer)

Electronic Intifada

April 16

Lettre de Gaza à Israël (3)  « Michelle, si les droits de l’homme et le droit international comptent pour toi, tu dois admettre quatre choses… »

Letters to the Editor About Israel (3): “Michelle, if human rights and international law matter to you, you need to admit four things…”

Tala Albanna (WANN writer)

L’Obs

A Funeral Within My Soul

Haya Abu Nasser (WANN writer)

Apogee

April 14

Forced to Leave Home, Gaza

Shahd Safi (WANN writer)

Stated

April 13

Recitation of names of 21 family members killed

Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder)

London protest event

April 8

Gaza is the most dangerous place to be a journalist today.

Yousef Maher Dawas (WANN writer, deceased) cited in video

Just Vision (video)

April 5

Letter to the Editor

Hamza Ibrahim (WANN writer)

Philadelphia Inquirer

‘Stolen childhood’: How Gaza minors are forced to labour for survival

Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)

TRTWorld

April 4

Gaza’s Shattered Souls: The Untold Story of Hala Abulebdeh’s Family

Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) conducted the interview

Palestine Deep Dive

April 3

Life in Gaza – Horror Everywhere

Aya Alghazzawi (WANN writer)

Amnesty International UK Campaigns Blog

Breaking news and analysis on day 180 of Gaza’s Al-Aqsa Flood

Abubaker Abed (WANN writer) interviewed beginning at 27:04

The Electronic Intifada Podcast

April 2

I Am Not the Same

Tala Albanna (WANN writer)

Baladi

‘I’ve lost everything’: Palestine footballer Balah on Israel’s war on Gaza

Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)

Al Jazeera

April 1

The Idea Has Failed and This Bread Was Born, This Bread Was Killed

Basman Derawi (WANN writer)

Poems for Palestine

April 2024

Gaza Diaries

Sarah Jacobus (WANN mentor) wrote Messages of Concern: An Introduction; Roaa Aladdin Missmeh (WANN writer), Lubna Abdelwahab Abuhashem, Mustafa D. Batnain, Haya Abu Nasser, and Rawan Jawad Ouda (WANN writers) contributed essays and poems

Air/Light Issue 9/Spring 2024

Dear Sparrow, Take Me Home! and Not Yet Spring

Haya Abu Nasser (WANN Writer)

Evergreen

March 28

How Israel’s war on Gaza has changed Ramadan football

Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)

Al Jazeera

March 27

A Ramadan of Heartbreak

Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)

Electronic Intifada

March 25

Reflecting on sadness meals and my bleak Ramadan in Gaza

Mariam Al Khateeb (WANN writer)

TRT World

War on Gaza: How Israeli soldiers assaulted Palestinians during the raid on al-Shifa hospital

Abubaker Abed (WANN Writer) with Mohammed al-Hajjar and Osama Kahlout

Middle East Eye

March 24

Health Crisis in Gaza

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison) moderated panel discussion

Jewish Voice for Peace Health Advisory Council

March 23

Gaza’s Children Are Enduring Overwhelming Trauma

Faress Arafat (WANN writer)

Rolling Stone

March 22

Beyond the Page: We Are Not Numbers

Basman Derawi, Haya Abu Nasser, and Shahd Safi (WANN writers) and  Zeina Azzam and Kevin Hadduck (WANN mentors)

The Rumpus

March 21

Palestinians call for FIFA to ban Israel’s football team amid war on Gaza

Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)

Al Jazeera

Ramadan: Gaza is trapped in a cycle of ‘starving to fasting’

Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)

The New Arab

March 20

108: Jewish Voices for Peace: Dr. Alice Rothchild and Abby Brockman

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison) podcast co-panelist

Veterans of Culture Wars

October 7

Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) interviewed beginning at 04:15

Al Jazeera Investigations (documentary)

March 19

Ceasefire & Beyond: What’s Happening in Palestine/Israel and Its Impact 

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison) webinar co-panelist

Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane

A Glimpse into Women’s Lives in Gaza

Shahd Safi (WANN writer)

Stated

March 18

The Role of Poetry in Palestine until the Present

Zeina Azzam (WANN mentor)

“Invisible Struggles and Bravehearts: Being a Woman in Palestine,” Women and Democracy Foundation (KADEM), United Nations Headquarters

Rep. Rashida Tlaib speaking in Congress

Yousef Dawas (WANN writer) described

X (formerly Twitter)

March 15

Part 1 of ABC interview, talking about the legendary loss of Gaza’s first centurion of goals Mohammed Barakat

Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)

ABC News

Part 2 of ABC interview, talking about the suffering inside the Gaza Strip

Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)

ABC News

March 13

Breaking news and analysis on day 159 of Gaza’s Al-Aqsa Flood

Walaa Sabah (WANN project manager) interviewed beginning at 13:30

Electronic Intifada podcast

March 11

Remembering the beauty of Ramadan in Gaza

Eman Ashraf Alhaj Ali (WANN writer)

Al Jazeera

‘We have nothing’: Ramadan in Gaza leaves a bitter taste

Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)

The New Arab

Palestine footballer Barakat killed in Israel’s war on Gaza

Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)

Al Jazeera

March 8

At The Cliff Of Death: A Poem From Gaza By Haya Abu Nasser

Haya Abu Nasser (WANN writer)

Mizna; also translated and presented in French by the Palestine Media Agency

March 7

Palestinian Women in Gaza: Cruel Realities of Displacement

Shahd Safi (WANN writer) and Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison) interviewed

Carnegie Endowment for Middle East Peace

March 6

In Gaza, football means life amid Israel’s continuing war

Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)

Al Jazeera

March 5

War on Gaza: Palestinian fishermen face death as they try to feed starving Gaza

Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)

Middle East Eye

March 2

Israel’s War on Gaza Is Also an Assault on Oral Health

Shahd Safi (WANN writer) and Catherine Baker (WANN senior editor)

Washington Report on Middle East Affairs

In the North, One Meal a Day (sidebar beneath oral health article)

Catherine Baker (WANN senior editor)

Washington Report on Middle East Affairs

March 1

“One glass of clean water”: Gaza writer speaks of struggle, with Abubaker Abed 

Abubaker Abed (WANN writer) podcast interview

Electronic Intifada

Feb. 28

Abu Jawad’s heart breaks daily as he buries the people killed by Israel

Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)

Al Jazeera

Update on Gaza: Health and Human Rights Consequences of the War

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison) webinar presentation

WorldBeyondWar.org

Feb. 27

How Israel uses pamphlets as psychological warfare in Gaza

Walaa Sabah (WANN project manager)

The New Arab

Nagham Abu Samra: Palestine karate champion, victim of Israel’s war on Gaza

Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)

Al Jazeera

Feb. 26

War on Gaza: British media giving ‘cover’ for Israel to kill Palestinian journalists

Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) interviewed

Middle East Eye

Feb. 25

“What is happening in Gaza right now is not normal”

Jesse Boylan (WANN mentor) sharing words of WANN writers

Free Palestine Central Victoria

Feb. 24

Of families, mills, and gardens

Alison Glick (WANN mentor)

Mondoweiss

Feb. 20

Babies deprived of basics

Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)

Electronic Intifada

Feb. 17

Why It Is Important to Humanize “Terrorists”

Benjamin Canyon Gass (WANN mentor)

Fair Observer

Feb. 16

Is This Democracy? Watching Genocide in Real Time

Nancy Kricorian (WANN mentor)

Substack

Remembering Cousin Aamer, a nurse who loved crab, and was killed by Israel

Abubaker Abed (WANN Writer)

Al Jazeera

Feb. 14

Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war against the besieged people of Gaza

Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder)

Palestine Deep Dive (video)

Feb. 12

Rafah, last refuge for the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip in the sights of the Israeli army

Shahd Safi (WANN writer) interviewed

Le Monde

Feb. 8

Gaza health ministry: Nearly 28,000 Palestinians killed

Abubaker Abed (WANN Writer) interviewed

BBC

Feb. 7

“Let’s keep the stories of the Palestinian people alive”

Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN cofounder)

Speech outside BBC Headquarters

Feb. 5

‘From Here, from Gaza’ – Enough, Stop the Genocide Now

Shahd Safi (WANN writer)

Palestine Chronicle

More than 150 guests at Swindon Palestine Solidarity charity dinner

Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder); article reports his remarks as keynote speaker

Swindon Link

Feb. 4

The end of UNRWA? Why Israel is targeting the Palestinian refugee agency

Shahd Safi (WANN writer) interviewed

The New Arab

Feb. 2

The loss of innocence: What’s it like to be a child in Gaza?

Walaa Sabah (WANN project manager)

The New Arab

February 2024

Reflections on Gaza: The Day After

Nora Lester Murad (WANN mentor) (p. 5)

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison) (p. 10)

The Link

‘What is the meaning of life?’ Gaza student struggles to hold on to dreams

Mariam Khateeb (WANN writer) interviewed

TRT World magazine

Jan. 31

Remember Our Names

Haya Abu Nasser (WANN writer)

Scoundrel Time

Jan. 30

Al-Shuja’iyya Was a Beloved Neighborhood: Now Only Memories Remain

Shahd Safi (WANN writer)

Washington Report on Middle East Affairs

Reflections from a journalist in Gaza, January 2024

Shahd Safi (WANN writer)

USA Palestine Mental Health Network

Jan. 29

Egyptian officials are demanding a massive ransom from Palestinians to escape the Gaza genocide

Shahd Safi (WANN writer)

Mondoweiss (also published at Truthout Feb. 4)

Jan. 27

The Impact of the War in Gaza

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison) webinar presentation

Middle East Peace Forum

Jan. 25

“This is a sneak peek into hell.”

Nowar Diab (WANN writer) featured in video

CNN

Families can’t be replaced

Electronic Intifada

Khaled El-Hissy (WANN writer)

Jan. 22

Healthcare Under Embargo

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison) webinar presentation

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University

Jan. 21

Where is the ‘never again’ for Gaza?

Afaf Alnajjar (WANN writer)

Al Jazeera

Jan. 17

Alice Rothchild

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison) interviewed

The Dean Obedidallah Show

Jan. 14

Watching the watchdogs: The 5 Ds of US Middle East policy

Rami Khoury (WANN mentor)

Al Jazeera

Jan. 11

Israel continues bombardment of southern Gaza

Abubaker Abed (WANN writer) interviewed

BBC News

Jan. 10

Life and Football in Times of Genocide

Abubaker Abed (WANN writer) interviewed

Football Palestine

Jan. 9

In the Shadow of That Night

Rahaf Abuzarifa (WANN writer)

AGNI Online

For Gaza’s Pregnant Women and Newborns, the War Will Never Be Over

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison)

New York Times

A doc­tor and a foot­baller: Sav­ing lives and chas­ing dreams in Gaza

Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)

Al Jazeera

Jan. 6

Mohammed El-Kurd and Ahmad Alnaouq on the complicity of mainstream media in Israel’s genocidal attack on Gaza

Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder)

Mondoweiss Podcast

Remembering Refaat Alareer, one month on

Pam Bailey (WANN co-founder), Yousef Aljamal (WANN writer), and Basman Dewari (WANN writer) contributed tributes

Electronic Intifada

Jan. 4

Fear will never leave us

Nowar Diab (WANN writer)

Electronic Intifada

Jan. 3

In Israel-Hamas war, where are the voices of the healing profession?

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison)

Seattle Times

A day’s work to find internet

Khuloud Rabah Sulaiman (WANN writer)

Electronic Intifada

Jan. 2, 2024

An update from Save the Children, plus a conversation with Palestinian American poet Zeina Azzam

Zeina Azzam (WANN mentor) interviewed; interview begins at 17:30

Where We Live, Connecticut Public Radio/WNPR

Dec. 30

‘We can’t tell her the truth’: Gaza’s hos­pi­tals fill­ing with lone or­phans

Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)

Al Jazeera

Dec. 29

A youth in the war: “Will I die before I turn 21?”

Nowar Diab (WANN writer) interviewed

Le Nouvel Obs

Dec. 28

In Gaza, a poet’s last words joins messages sent by everyday people

Pam Bailey (WANN co-founder), Haya El-Refai (WANN writer) and Khaled El-Hissey (WANN writer) interviewed

The World

The longest four days of my life

Khuloud Rabah Sulaiman (WANN writer)

Electronic Intifada

‘Unparalleled’: Israeli army raids Ramallah, more occupied West Bank cities

Rami Khouri (WANN mentor) interviewed

Al Jazeera

Dec. 27

“Axis of Resistance”: Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis Challenge U.S. & Israeli Power in Middle East

Rami Khouri (WANN mentor) interviewed

Democracy Now!

Israel detains nurse after killing his children

Khuloud Rabah Sulaiman (WANN writer)

Electronic Intifada

Dec. 26

Palestinian Cry from Gaza, ‘Write My Name,’ Goes Viral in Poem by Palestinian American

Zeina Assam (WANN mentor) profiled

Arab America

Une jeunesse dans la guerre : « Nous, Palestiniens, nous ne sommes pas que des nombres »

Tala Albanna (WANN.  Writer

Le Nouvel Obs

Dec. 24

Pregnant Women in Gaza

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison) interviewed

Al Jazeera

Dec. 23

Alareer Refaat and the power of words

Aliaa Khalid Madi (WANN writer)

Electronic Intifada

War on Gaza: Conflict strands chronic disease patients without access to treatment

Walaa Sabah (WANN project manager)

Middle East Eye

Opinion: Not far from Bethlehem, the plight of pregnant women in Gaza evokes a biblical story

Catherine Baker (WANN mentor) and Shahd Safi (WANN writer)

Los Angeles Times

Dec. 22

Hospitals overcrowded, doctors overworked

Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)

Electronic Intifada

Our home was our sanctuary, then Israel destroyed it

Walaa Sabah (WANN project manager)

The Electronic Intifada

Wages aren’t being paid to Gaza’s workers

Khuloud Rabah Sulaiman (WANN writer)

Electronic Intifada

Dec. 21

These are the poets and writers who have been killed in Gaza.

Refaat Alareer (WANN co-founder) and Yousef Dawas (WANN writer) profiled

Literary Hub

Friday essay: ‘what else should I lose to survive?’ The young writers living – and dying – in Gaza

Jesse Boylan (WANN mentor)

The Conversation

Dec. 20

Conversations with the Pastor [Leslie Braxton]: Israeli–Palestinian discussion

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison) participated in conversation

New Beginnings Christian Fellowship (Pastor Leslie Braxton)

Dec. 19

My friend Al-Has­san, a Liv­er­pool fan who dreamed big, killed in Gaza

Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)

Al Jazeera

Dec. 17

Humanity in Gaza 

Voices From the Holy Land

Online film salon with Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison) as moderator, Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) as panelist and Catherine Baker (WANN senior editor) as host

Remembering Refaat Alareer

Yousef M. Aljamal (WANN writer) participated in a podcast honoring the legacy of Refaat Alareer (WANN co-founder)

Useful Idiots Podcast

Dec. 13

I Will Not Forgive Western Media

Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) speaking

Palestine Festival of Literature, London

Life During a Genocide in Gaza

Shahd Safi (WANN writer)

Washington Report on Middle East Affairs

Emergency Webinar: Solidarity Speaks!

Basman Dewari (WANN writer)

Green Olive Tours

Alexandria Human Rights proclamation sparks protest over Palestinian omission

Zeina Azzam (WANN mentor) quoted

ALX Now

Dec. 12

Let it be a tale: On Refaat Alareer and the martyrdom of the Gaza intellectual

Article by Ramzy Baroud honors Dr. Alareer, who was deeply involved in WANN’s formation, describes the role of WANN in uplifting Palestinian voices, and pays homage to WANN writers/martyrs Yousef Dawes and Mohammed Zaher Hammo

Middle East Monitor

Dec. 11

Honoring Dr. Refaat Alareer on Day 66 of Gaza’s Al-Aqsa Flood

Remarks offered by Eman Alhaj Ali, Yousef Aljamal, Alia Khalid Madi, Khaled Al-Qershali, Zianab Basheer, Khaled El-Hissy, and Malak Zakout (WANN writers)

The Electronic Intifada Podcast

How long did my best friend suffer under the rubble?

Khaled El-Hissy (WANN writer

Electronic Intifada

Dec. 10

“I’m speaking today because I wanted to share with you some words from people in Gaza”

Jesse Boylan (WANN mentor) shared writing from Refaat Alareer, Abdallah Aljazzar, Shahd Safi, and other Palestinians

Free Palestine Central Victoria

Coming Together and Speaking Out in Solidarity

Christa Bruhn (WANN mentor) interviewed

World View Program, WORT Radio

Dec. 9

The wanton destruction of mosques and churches

Eman Alhaj Ali (WANN writer)

Electronic Intifada

Dec. 8

“We Want Freedom”: Refaat Alareer, Gaza Scholar & Activist Killed by Israeli Strike, in His Own Words

Refaat Alareer (WANN co-founder, killed Dec. 7) video and links to previous interviews

Democracy Now!

Refaat Alareer taught life

Mahmoud Alyazji (WANN writer)

Electronic Intifada

If we must live

Ghada Hania (WANN writer)

Electronic Intifada

Dec. 7

When the System Collapses

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison) participated in teach-in

Teach-in, New Jersey Medical School Human Rights Initiative

In southern Gaza, displaced families are struggling to find basic necessities

Shahd Safi (WANN writer) interviewed

WBUR

Gazans Have Nowhere Left to Flee

Michelle Lerner (WANN mentor)

TIME

Dec. 5

Israel Deserves Every Bit of the Global Public Criticism It Is Receiving

Rami Khouri (WANN mentor)

Portside

Dec. 4

Painkillers can’t be found in Gaza’s pharmacies

Khuloud Rabah Sulaiman (WANN writer)

Electronic Intifada

Dec. 3

Contatti ravvicinati con la morte, di Shahd Safi da Gaza

Shahd Safi (WANN writer)

Milano in Movimento (republication of article published Oct. 28 at WANN, Close calls with death)

Surviving your period amid a genocide

Eman Alhaj Ali (WANN writer)

Electronic Intifada

World shrinks for Gaza’s children

Mahmoud Alyazji (WANN writer)

Electronic Intifada

Dec. 2

Gazans again find themselves in dire straits, searching for safe areas and food.

Shahd Safi (WANN writer) interviewed

New York Times

November 2023

‘It is really scary’: Gaza student shares her perspective on life in besieged enclave

Mariam Khateeb (WANN writer) interviewed

TRT World Magazine

Nov. 30

Stranded in a school

Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)

Electronic Intifada

In Gaza, Storytelling and Silence

Sarah Jacobus (WANN mentor)

Zócalo Public Square

The War in Gaza: Where Are We, Why Are We Here and Where In God’s Name Could We Going?  A Conversation With Alice Rothchild and Jonathan Kuttab 

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison) participated in conversation

FOSNA

Nov. 28

Will I be killed by Israel or cancer?

Khaled El-Hissy (WANN writer)

Electronic Intifada

The truce in Gaza has been more painful than the 50 days that preceded it

Afaf Alnajjar (WANN writer)

Al Jazeera

Nov. 24

How FIFA’s red card for Palestine has revealed the hypocrisy of football

Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)

Electronic Intifada

Tears flow as truce begins

Eman Alhaj Ali (WANN writer)

Electronic Intifada

Pause in fighting begins in Israel-Gaza War

Abubaker Abed (WANN writer) interviewed

BBC News

Nov. 23

When the messages stopped: reflections on Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison)

Global Voices (this is a shorter version of the original Substack essay (see Nov. 8), available in English as well as Greek, Albanian, Spanish, Dutch, Bangla, and Russian)

Nov. 22

Watching the watchdogs: America’s reckoning with Israeli media manipulation

Rami Khouri (WANN mentor)

Al Jazeeera Opinion

Health Care in Gaza

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison) in conversation with Dr. Bram Wispelwy

The Arabic Hour

Nov. 21

Poëzie over Gaza

Zeina Azzam (WANN mentor)

Ander Europa (Dutch translation of her poem, “Write My Name,” first published at Vox Populi [see below, Oct. 20]. The poem is being translated into multiple additional languages (Spanish, Japanese, Arabic, and Turkish); both the text and a reading of it have gone viral on social media.)

Israel is Targeting Gaza’s Brightest and Best

Mahmoud Alnaouq, Huda Al-Sosi, and Yousef Dawas featured; Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) interviewed

Gaza Frontline: Palestine Deep Dive and Double Down News

Nov. 20

A group in Gaza writes about Palestinian lives lost since Oct. 7 Hamas attack

Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) interviewed

NPR Morning Edition

Medical Perspectives on Palestine

Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, Refugee Outreach Collective

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison) participated in panel

Nov. 19

‘All I have now are memories’

Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder)

BBC Sounds

Health Consequences of War in Gaza

Jewish Voice for Peace Health Advisory Council

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison) co-presented

Nov. 18

How hospitals became ‘fair game’ in Israel’s war on Gaza

Aice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison) interviewed

Al Jazeera/The Listening Post

Nov.16

A Letter from Gaza to the World

Shahd Safi (WANN writer)

Politics Today

Nov. 15

Statement to British Parliament

Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder)

X (formerly Twitter)

Nov. 14

Conditions in Gaza

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison)

KBCS Radio

Health Equity in Palestine

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison) participated in teach-in

Harvard University Teach-In Series, Session 3

Nov. 13

‘Contagious diseases running rampant,’ warns doctor

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison)

Al Jazeera English

London-based Palestinian journalist Ahmed Alnaouq has lost 21 family members in Gaza

Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) interviewed

Le Monde

In text messages from Gaza, a raw tale of hope and despair

Sharon Weinman (WANN mentor) sharing text messages from Nada (WANN writer)

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Nov. 12

Local rally in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia

Jessse Boylan (WANN mentor) shared stories and words of WANN writers

Facebook

With the Death Toll in Gaza Rising, Palestinians Are Not Just Numbers

We Are Not Numbers profiled; Ahmed Alnaouq (co-founder) interviewed

New York Times

An Audio Diary from Gaza

Shahd Safi (WANN writer)

Latitude Adjustment (radio program)

Palestinians in Gaza say finding clean drinking water is like “prospecting for gold”

Michelle Lerner (WANN mentor)

Mondoweiss

‘Families want to die together’: relatives count the cost of Gaza airstrikes

Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) interviewed

The Guardian

Nov. 11

Why are Western media accused of bias on Israel-Palestine?

Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) interviewed; interview begins at 11:08

Inside Story, Al Jazeera English

Nov. 10

‘It is really scary’: Gaza student shares her perspective on life in besieged enclave

Mariam Al Khateeb (WANN writer) interviewed

TRT World

Gaza casualties: ‘Most of the children in my family photo are dead’

Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) interviewed

BBC News

“Palestinians Deserve To Be Heard, They Deserve To Live” Man Lost 21 Family Members In Gaza Conflict

Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder)

TalkTV

Nov. 9

Watching the watchdogs: Israel’s siege, bombs drown out its PR stunts

Rami Khouri (WANN mentor)

Al Jazeera (op ed)

Nov. 8

The Voices Israel Wants to Kill

Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder), panelist

Gaza Frontline: Palestine Deep Dive and Double Down News

Interview with Rami Khouri

Second interview with Rami Khouri

Rami Khouri (WANN mentor) interviewed

Al Jazeera

‘They see us as human animals,’ says Palestinian journalist grieving 21 family members killed by Israel

Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder)

Anadolu Agency

When the messages stopped: Reflections on Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison)

Substack

Al-Watan was more than a building

Khuloud Rabah Sulaiman (WANN writer)

Electronic Intifada

Nov. 7

Video taken at Harvard University

Rami Khouri (WANN mentor) provided the narration of an event at which Harvard students wrote and spoke the names of all 10,000 Palestinians killed by Nov. 6

X (formerly Twitter)

Israel Killed 23 Members Of His Family. Now He Holds The Media To Account

Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) interviewed

Owen Jones (YouTube channel)

A spiral of worry: Local voices on the Israel-Hamas war

Iris Keltz (WANN mentor) interviewed

Albuquerque Journal

Water is running out in Gaza

Ghada Hania (WANN writer)

Electronic Intifada

Nov. 6

Jewish Voice for Peace Health Adviser Dr. Alice Rothchild on Gaza Catastrophe as Health System Fails

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison) interviewed

Democracy Now!

As Gaza’s Health System Collapses, JVP Doctor Occupies WA Senator’s Office Calling for Ceasefire Now!

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison) interviewed

Democracy Now!

Nov. 4

Israel-Hamas War: Story of Man Who Lost 23 Family Members in Gaza

Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) interviewed; interview begins at 2:06:48

The Week with Trisha/TalkTV

Nov. 3

‘Fear and anxiety’: Daily life of a student in Gaza

Shahd Safi (WANN writer)

WBUR Radio

“This war is madness. It has to stop.” The Israeli bombardment that killed 22 members of this Palestinian family

Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) interviewed

The Mehdi Hasan Show/NBC Universal

Gaza amid bombings and blackouts: “We are being physically and mentally terrified and terrorized”

Shahd Safi (WANN writer)

Analyst News

Nov. 2

Ahmed Wanted Israelis to Listen to Gazans. Then 23 of His Family Members Were Killed

Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) profiled

Haaretz

Should Israel agree to a cease-fire? Commentators weigh in.

Ahmed Alnqouq (WANN co-founder) provided a commentary

The Washington Post

Nov. 1

Watching the watchdogs: Fear in newsrooms silences pro-Palestine voices

Rami Khouri (WANN mentor)

Al Jazeera (op ed)

Palestinian student describes destruction and fear in Gaza amid Israel’s siege

Younes Elhallaq (WANN writer)

ABC News

Listening to the Voices of Young People From Gaza

Zeina Azzam (WANN mentor)

TIME

Israel Gaza War

Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) interviewed

Good Morning Britain (TV)

Oct. 31

A Second Nakba: Israeli attacks are erasing entire families from Gaza’s civil registry

Mahmoud Mushtaha (WANN writer)

The New Arab

Anguished UK Palestinians grieve for loved ones in Gaza

Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) profiled

BBC News

Out of the frying pan and into the fire: Ukrainian nationals trapped in Gaza need help

Michelle Lerner (WANN mentor)

The Hill

“We need electricity, we need fuel, we need flour, we need bread”

Shahd Safi

Unsettled (Podcast)

Ahmed Alnaouq describes Israel’s massacre of 21 of his kin

Ahmed Alnqouq (WANN co-founder)

Electronic Intifada (podcast)

We are the Silence: How words bear witness in life and in death

Jesse Boylan (WANN mentor)

Pearls and Irritations

Oct. 30

As Israel bombards Gaza, a woman sees her world collapse

Shrouq Aila (WANN writer) interviewed; article describes the killing of her husband Roshdi Sarraj (WANN video producer)

The Washington Post

Zeina Azzam, Andy Young, David Adès: Three poems about Gaza

Zeina Azzam (WANN mentor)

Vox Populi

Oct. 29

To the loving memory of our colleague Mahmoud Naouq

Maha Hussaini (WANN management committee)

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor

[Commentary on the life of Mahmoud Alnaouq, killed Oct. 20, 2023]

Oct. 28

The malevolent light of Israel’s explosions

Ghada Hania (WANN writer)

Electronic Intifada

Oct. 27

Please keep marching for Palestine – your protests are giving hope to the people of Gaza

Noar Diab (WANN writer)

The Guardian

Dreams Buried in Rubble: The Bombing of Saint Porphyrius Church

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison)

Substack

Oct. 26

The long walk to Palestine’s freedom

Shahd Safi (WANN writer)

Mondoweiss

To be Displaced at an UNWRA School in Gaza

Shahd Safi (WANN writer)

Institute for Palestine Studies

Oct. 25

Urgent health update: Consequences of war on Gaza

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison)

Jewish Voice for Peace Health Advisory Council

Oct. 24

If we survive the bombs, what will remain of our lives?

Mahmoud Mushtaha (WANN writer)

+972 Magazine

Palestinian American Journalist Rami Khouri on Israel’s Gaza Bombardment & Risk of a Regional War

Rami Khouri (WANN mentor)

Democracy Now!

Critical Condition: Understanding the Medical Catastrophe in Gaza

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison)

[presentation]

The Jerusalem Fund and The Palestine Center

Oct. 23

Doctors, poets, families, babies: victims of Israel’s war on Gaza

Yousef Dawes (WANN writer) profiled in list of martyred young Gazans

The Guardian

Oct. 22

Why do we have to live this

Abdallah Hasaneen (WANN writer)

Mondoweiss

Writing while expecting to die

Catherine Baker and Alice Rothchild (WANN senior editor and WANN mentor liaison, respectively)

Mondoweiss

Oct. 20

Waarom de woorden van Ramsey Nasr zo’n gevoelige snaar raken: ‘Een naam is een erkenning van menselijkheid’
(Why Ramsey Nasr’s words strike such a chord: ‘A name is a recognition of humanity’)

Abdallah Hasaneen (WANN writer)

De Morgen

The Mideast

Iriz Keltz (WANN mentor) interviewed beginning at 29:55; find the direct link to the interview under “October 2023,” in the center of the page

Cultural Energy/KCEI 90.1FM

Flagrant human rights abuses take place with our money on our watch

Kate Casa (WANN mentor)

VTDigger

Away from Gaza, full of fear

Ahmed Al-Sammak (WANN writer)

The Electronic Intifada

Oct. 19

A moral compass in Israel/Palestine

Iris Keltz (WANN mentor)

Taos News

Oct. 18

Laughing and Crying in Gaza

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison)

Washington Report on Middle East Affairs

Israel-Palestine war: In Gaza, whether we flee or stay, each night may be our last

Ahmed Dremly (WANN writer)

Middle East Eye

Oct. 17

Breaking News on the Israeli air strike on Al Ahli Baptist Hospital

Ahmad Abu Risik (WANN writer) interviewed

Al Jazeera

“Am I dead?”: A diary from the Israeli aggression on Gaza

Abdallah Al-Jazzar  (WANN writer)

Mondoweiss

[this article was subsequently co-published on our website. A revised and expanded version was published Oct. 23 at Global Voices.]

No, Palestinians are not ‘all antisemitic’ — has Ron DeSantis ever even met a Gazan?  

Michelle Lerner (WANN mentor)

The Hill

Oct. 16

Voices From Gaza

Abdallah Hasaneen (WANN writer) interviewed

The Daily (New York Times podcast)

Oct. 13

Express empathy for all victims

Kate Casa (WANN mentor)

Battleboro Reformer

A rave for ‘peace.’ A surprise attack—and hell unleashed. How the Israel-Hamas war erupted

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor coordinator) interviewed by Allan Woods

Toronto Star

Oct. 12

Gaza Residents Say They Have Nowhere to Go

Shahd Safi and Nowar Diab (WANN writers) interviewed by Carol van Damm Falk

Voice of America

Oct. 11

Oct. 7 was not Day 1 of Israel’s war on Palestinians

Kate Casa (WANN mentor)

The Commons (website)

Oct. 9

Coming and Going: On the issue of borders and fences

Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison)

Substack

Oct. 8

Hamas’ assault on Israel and its regional dimension

Rami Khouri (WANN mentor) interviewed

Al Jazeera