She was arranging chaos.She sat in a house shaking under the sounds of bombardment, holding her pen as if it were a lifeline.She documented everything, writing the date, recording the details, retelling each moment as though she feared it might be forgotten. She was not writing only to release her fear; she was writing as…
Noor Abu Mariam, returned to her home in Gaza last week, for the first time in two months, where dust, shrapnel and destruction sat in place of a welcome banner, scattered violently amongst possessions left behind. Noor was forced to leave her home in November 2023, being displaced for fifteen months, then again for two…
Around the world, education is considered a means to progress. However in Gaza, education is a means to survive. Amidst genocide and ongoing war, the children of Gaza cling to learning as a lifeline. Under tented ceilings in makeshift class rooms, they are showing up in quiet resilience. Defying the limitations that being under siege…