The first clock stopped at 2:17 a.m.
I didn’t hear it die. I only noticed the silence afterward. Its ticking used to echo softly against the concrete walls. The walls…
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…
Today,
I woke up happily, eager to start a new day as a humanitarian worker in Gaza,
but first, my morning routine that I keep developing has to take place.…
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…
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…
At the beginning of the war, Rafah, a city almost erased from the map, became a refuge for over a million people. I cannot forget those early days… the days…
I am Sara Ahmed Qeshta, a Palestinian from Gaza, and a survivor of a genocidal war that lasted more than two years. One war has ended, but many other wars…