
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. Please also check out co-published stories to see additional features by WANN writers.
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Oct. 19
Medics in Northern Gaza Won’t Leave — Despite Siege and Bombs
Mohammed Rafik Mhawish (WANN writer) (WANN writer)
Mohammed R Mhawish
Oct. 18
Determined to graduate despite the horror
Aya Al-Hattab (WANN writer)
Electronic Intifada
Oct. 16
Shaaban Al-Dalou, Burned Alive in Gaza, Would Have Been 20 Today
Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)
Drop Site
Anonymous (WANN writer)
Jewish Currents
Breaking news and analysis on day 376 of Gaza’s Al-Aqsa Flood
Abubaker Abed (WANN writer) featured in segment beginning 9:13 at and interviewed beginning at 21:51
Electronic Intifada
Oct. 14
Held captive by the Israeli army
Donya Ahmad Abu Sitta
Electronic Intifada
Oct. 11
One man on his grief for Gaza – podcast
Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) interviewed
The Guardian
Refaat Alareer Was My Friend. I Will Miss Him Forever
Mohammed Rafik Mhawish (WANN writer)
Mohammed R Mhawish (personal website)
Zeina Azzam (WANN mentor) writes about Ahmed Dremly (WANN writer)
Vox Populi
Gaza childhood means learning to survive
Esraa Abo Qamar (WANN writer)
Electronic Intifada
“Endless trauma” as Israel bombs another school
Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)
Electronic Intifada
Oct. 10
‘Bodies left in the streets’: Northern Gaza residents under Israeli siege
Ahmed Dremly (WANN writer) with Mohammed al-Hajjar and Katherine Hearst
Middle East Eye
“They Identified Themselves!” Israeli Forces Proudly Exhibit Their War Crimes
Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) interviewing Richard Sanders
Palestine Deep Dive
‘Dead bodies everywhere’ in Jabalia camp as Israel besieges northern Gaza
Mahmoud Mushtaha (WANN writer) and Ibrahim Mohammad
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Oct. 9
Malak Hijazi (WANN writer)
Electronic Intifada
I’m still reporting on Gaza. But the blood on our streets is no closer to drying
Mohammed Rafik Mhawish (WANN writer)
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Oct. 8
‘Survivor’s guilt is overwhelming’: the grief of losing 21 relatives in one airstrike in Gaza
Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) profiled
The Guardian
Oct. 7
Israel Bombs Mosque in Deir al-Balah, Gaza’s Last Standing City
Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)
Drop Site
Después de un año de genocidio, espero poder volver a ser el humano que fui
(“After a year of genocide, I hope I can return to being the human I was”)
Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)
El Salto
One year of genocide and our souls remain beautiful
Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)
Electronic Intifada
A Palestinian Nurse Shares Painful Memories from Gaza Amid the War
Faress Arafat (WANN writer)
Rolling Stone
‘I Have Watched My People Suffer in Ways That Would Shock the World’
Mohammed R Mhawish (WANN writer)
The Nation
I survived the war in Gaza, but even in exile, I remain part of its tragic reality
Mohammed Rafik Mhawish (WANN writer)
Mohammed R Mhawish
Stranded in Egypt, haunted by Gaza: Will I ever get to go home again?
Mariam Al Khateeb (WANN writer)
TRT World
Oct. 3
FIFA Meeting to Discuss Possible Sanctions Against the Israel Football Association
Abubaker Abed (WANN writer) interviewed
Al Jazeera
Oct. 2
Basement blindness and a foreboding realized
Donya Ahmad Abu Sitta (WANN writer)
Electronic Intifada
Sept. 26
Sisters cling to memories of 36 killed in Israeli massacre
Dana Besaiso
Electronic Intifada
Will Israel ever be held to account for its actions in Gaza? | Inside Story
Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) interviewed starting at 6:23
Aljazeera
Sept. 25
Youself Aljamal (WANN writer) interviewed (beginning at 19:30)
Electronic Intifada
Sept. 24
Genocide will not stop me graduating
Ohood Nasser (WANN writer)
Electronic Intifada
Sept. 23
Three Gaza women deal with famine, fear and displacement
Yasmin Abusayma (WANN writer)
Electronic Intifada
Sept. 20
Could Israel be preparing for an ‘all-out war’ in Lebanon during its Gaza assault?
Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder)
TRT World Now
Sept. 19
Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison) on panel
American Friends Service Committee
Sept. 18
Displaced Gazans taking refuge in stadium under rains
Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)
Press TV
Sept. 16
Scholasticide being used as weapon of mass destruction in Gaza
Walaa Sabah (director of operations)
China Daily
Sept. 14
A love letter to Gaza: reflections from exile
Yasmin Abysayma (WANN writer)
Mondoweiss
Sept. 12
Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)
Electronic Intifada
Sept. 10
Bullets rained down from drones and helicopters
Electronic Intifada
Khaled El-Hissy (WANN writer)
Sobrevivir al genocidio en Gaza (Surviving the Genocide in Gaza)
Mahmoud Mustafa (WANN assistant manager)
Ágora ctxt
How do Palestinians in Gaza resist Israel’s attacks on education?
Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) interviewed (discusses WANN at 21:06)
Aljazeera
Bullets rained down from drones and helicopters
Khaled El-Hissy (WANN writer)
Electronic Intifada
Sept. 9
Laughs then bombs on the last day of Eid
Farah Samer Zaina
Electronic Intifada (WANN writer)
“Doctor, Am I In Heaven?” Treating Gaza’s Wounded Under Israeli Genocide | Dr Mohammed Ashraf
Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) interviewing Dr. Mohammed Ashraf
Palestine Deep Dive
Sept. 6
2024 Arab American Book Award Winner
Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison), winner in Young Adult category for Old Enough to Know
Arab American Book Award Winners
Sept. 3
Yousef Aljamal (WANN writer)
In These Times
Sept. 2
As a Gaza genocide survivor, I fear another Nakba in West Bank
Mohammed Rafik Mhawish (WANN writer)
The New Arab
Sept. 1
Exposing Israel’s Genocide to the World: “It’s Not Work, It’s A Duty”
Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) interviewing Motaz Azaiza
Palestine Deep Dive
Aug. 29
With campus destroyed, IUG resumes online classes
Huda Skaik (WANN writer)
Electronic Intifada
Aug. 26
Kahled El-Hissy (WANN writer) and Razan Abu Salem
Electronic Intifada
Aug. 22
“The sniper was shooting him for fun”
Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)
Electronic Intifada
Aug. 18
We’re thankful for every day we wake up in Gaza, with Abubaker Abed
Abubaker Abed (WANN writer) interviewed
Electronic Intifada
Aug.17
Meet Issam Al-Hassanat, Liverpool’s oldest fan in Gaza Strip
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Abubaker Abed (WANN writer) conducting video interview
Aug. 16
Our real life ended 300 days ago
Nowar Diab (WANN writer)
Electronic Intifada
Aug. 15
Gaza Sets Up Health Clinics to Treat Patients in a Health Crisis
Faress Arafat (WANN writer)
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Aug. 14
Palestine Deep Dive
Mariam Al Khateeb (WANN writer) describing her relatives, colleagues, and friends killed, including several WANNers
Aug. 12
In Gaza, education is resistance
Eman Alhaj Ali (WANN writer)
Aljazeera
Aug. 10
Amid Genocide: The Existential Fight for the Human Soul
Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) interviewing Roger Waters and Matt Kennard
Palestine Deep Dive
Aug. 8
“There is a policy!” Francesca Albanese EXPOSES Israel’s Systematic Torture of Palestinian Prisoners
Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) interviewing Francesca Albanese
Palestine Deep Dive
Aug. 7
In memory of journalist Ismail Al-Ghoul, Gaza City’s voice to the world
Mohammed Rafik Mhawish (WANN writer)
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Aug. 6
UK Government Must be CLEARER: Stop Arming Israel Now!
Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) interviewing Tayab Ali
Palestine Deep Dive
“The WORST EVER Man Made Humanitarian Disaster!” Gaza Health Crisis EXPOSED
Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) interviewing Mustafa Barghouti
Palestine Deep Dive
‘We’ve lost everything, for what?’: Gazan anger at Hamas grows as war drags on
Mahmoud Mushtaha (WANN assistant manager)
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Aug. 2
From Words to Action: The Power of Resilience and Resistance in Gaza’s Stories
Exhibit featuring works by We Are Not Numbers profiled
Emerging Voices
Children traumatized by 10 months of genocide
Kahled El-Hissy (WANN writer) with Razan Abu Salem
Electronic Intifada
Aug. 1
Pollution provides breeding ground for diseases in Gaza
Abubaker Abed (WANN writer) and Khuloud Rabah Sulaiman
Electronic Intifada
July 29
Yousef El-Mobayed (WANN writer) essay featured
Southern Vermont for Palestine
July 28
Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)
Electronic Intifada
July 26
Eman Alhaj Ali (WANN writer)
Electronic Intifada
‘Western Media Coverage KILLS Palestinians. They Are Complicit in Israel’s Genocide’
Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) interviewed
Going Underground
July 24
For many Gazans, China’s unity deal between Palestinian factions is yet another disappointment
Mahmoud Mushtaha (WANN assistant manager)
The Globe and Mail
Dana Besaiso (WANN writer)
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
July 22
An Angel Whose Wings Were Clipped: Remembering Hind Al-Nuwairi
Faress Arafat (WANN writer)
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
July 21
Interview with Author and Activist Alice Rothchild (Part 1)
Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison) interviewed
Ramsey Hanhan on Medium
“All eyes are fixed on Rafah’s streets”
Ibrahim Yaghi (WANN writer) reading his poem
Al Jazeera Media View
Gaza: Glastonbury’s Elephant in the Room?
Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) speaking in feature on Glasbontury Festival
Palestine Deep Dive
July 14
Will there be an end to Israel’s killing of civilians in Gaza?
Ibrahim Yaghi (WANN writer) interviewed
Al Jazeera English
July 13
Permanent Ceasefire is the Cure to Our Collective Trauma
Mariam Mohammed Al Khateeb (WANN writer)
Washington Report On Middle East Affairs
Ahmad Alnaouq: “Els palestins sabem que si marxem de Gaza no hi podrem tornar mia”
(“Palestinians know that if we leave Gaza we will never be able to return”)
Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN cofounder) interviewed
l’Ara
July 12
Dana Basaiso (WANN writer)
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
July 11
Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)
Electronic Intifada
July 10
How a Family, Amid Israeli Oppression, Survived the Trek From Gaza City to Rafah
Haya Ismail (WANN writer)
New Lines Magazine
July 7
Gazan football journalist & commentator Abubaker Abed talks about football in Gaza on Bein Sports
Abubaker Abed (WANN writer) interviewed
Bein Sports
July 3
Breaking news and analysis on day 271 of Gaza’s Al-Aqsa Flood
Abubaker Abed (WANN writer) interviewed
Electronic Intifada
Where is Palestine in Children’s Literature and Why Should We Care?
Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison)
Medium
Medical training at a time of massive shock
Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)
Electronic Intifada
July 1
“I Heard a Machine Gun Being Loaded”: A Harrowing …Escape from Gaza
Mohammed Rafik Mhawish (WANN writer)
The Nation
June 28
A Palestinian-American Captures War, Loss and Hope in Poetry
Zeina Azzam (WANN mentor) profiled
Virginia Center for Investigatory Journalism
Zeina Azzam (WANN mentor) interviewed
American Book Review (Spring 2024 issue)
A Small Farm in Gaza and the Woman Who Tends It
Samah A. Abuishaiba (WANN writer)
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
June 27
Protecting Their Children: Gaza Mothers Struggle to Do the Impossible
Shahd Safi (WANN writer)
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
June 26
Catherine Baker (WANN senior editor)
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
June 21
Fragments of Gaza: My journey of memory and loss
Shahd Safi (WANN writer)
Aljazeera
June 20
Aid workers try to treat trauma under worst possible conditions
Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)
Electronic Intifada
June 19
Just Like That: Life and Death in Gaza (Essay excerpted from Deluge: Gaza and Israel from Crisis to Cataclysm)
Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder)
DAWN
Pam Kirby (WANN mentor)
The Washington Post (letter to editor; fifth letter on the page)
June 18
How Many More Massacres Must We Palestinians Endure Here in Gaza?
Haya Ismail (WANN writer)
Common Dreams
June 17
Craving the simple pleasures of Eid
Eman Alhaj Ali (WANN writer)
Electronic Intifada
June 14
“Are we going to die this time?”
Khaled El-Hissy (WANN writer) with Hamza Salha
Electronic Intifada
June 12
Israel: The World’s Biggest LIAR
Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) interviewing Jennine Khalik
Palestine Deep Dive
June 10
Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)
Electronic Intifada
June 8
Safe in Egypt, burdened by trauma
Rania Abu Taima (WANN writer)
Electronic Intifada
June 7
“I am terrified most of the time”
Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)
Electronic Intifada
June 6
I survived nine days under Israeli siege
Huda Skaik (WANN writer)
Electronic Intifada
June 5
Zeina Azzam (WANN mentor)
Prairie Schooner
June 4
The voice of Gaza as issued by Maryam Al-Khatib
Mariam Al Khateeb (WANN writer) profiled
Al-Rayiysia (in Arabic)
June 3
Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) interviewed
Sky News
The World Cup and Gaza—A Lesson in Humanity
Younes Jalal Elhallaq (WANN writer)
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Dima Shamaly (WANN writer)
Exulansis Magazine
June 1
Dilemmas Medical Teams Face in Gaza
Faress Arafat (WANN writer)
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
May 31
Front Line Defenders Award Ceremony
Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) receiving the award for WANN (Begins at 1:01:30)
Front Line Defenders (event in Dublin, Ireland)
Two Poems: A Desperate Bird and Whispers of Love
Haya Abu Nasser (WANN writer)
Massachusetts Review
May 29
Mariam Al Khateeb (WANN writer) profiled in article on Ici Gaza evening (Egypt)
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Mariam Al Khateeb (WANN writer)
Exulansis Magazine
Dismantling Zionism: Frontline on the Student Encampments with Palestinian Youth Movement
Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) interviewing Yasmin and Yara
Palestine Deep Dive
May 27
Can Palestinians imagine a future with Israelis after this war?
Mahmoud Mushtaha (WANN social media coordinator)
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Mahmoud Alyazhi (WANN writer) reading from a video he created; see also essay published at WANN
Palestine Festival for Literature
Abubaker Abed (WANN writer)
Electronic Intifada
May 26
Ahmed Alnaouq on the war in Palestine, family and the power…
Ahmed Alnaouq (WANN co-founder) interviewed
Changes with Annie Macmanus (podcast)
May 24
Health and Human Rights Consequences of the War on Gaza
Alice Rothchild (WANN mentor liaison)
JVP Boston