I will never forget the moment my friends and I got arrested. Soldiers, armed with heavy weapons, surrounded us, pointing their rifles at us as if we were a real threat, they were shooting their bullets around our feet, so we couldn’t move. I felt that life was forcefully taken from my hands at that…

I am one of thousands of Palestinian students who have been abruptly stripped of our classrooms, books, teachers—and certainty about the future. I write these words from Gaza, where education has shifted from a guaranteed right to a fragile hope. For more than two years, prolonged hostilities have devastated civilian life. Schools have been damaged…

Breathing From Under The Rubble. A Gazan Student. After working so hard for years, the day we had all been counting down to—Monday, September 1, 2025 —was approaching. "A month left, 3 weeks, a week, a few days..." Until finally, everyone announced it from the camp under bombs and air drones: "Finally.Tomorrow is Marah's graduation…

I don’t know how a story can begin when the world has ended. Where does the first thread of this darkness exist, and why? Is it my destiny to live through sorrow and horror, or is it merely a portal to something—and somewhere—meant for me? This is Lila, a Palestinian flower that bloomed in the…