Injured children like my cousin Ahmad are languishing in Gaza because foreign governments will not take them in.


Hassan Abo Qamar is a young Palestinian writer, activist, and storyteller based in Gaza, sharing the stories of those living through war and siege.
Injured children like my cousin Ahmad are languishing in Gaza because foreign governments will not take them in.

Anas al-Sharif was the voice of Gaza. He was an inspiration and a role model. His murder will not silence us.

To eat, we are forced to breathe the poisonous smoke from burning wood and trash.

The world’s indifference to Palestinian suffering allows Israel to destroy us and our homeland with impunity.

Gaza was already the ‘Riviera of the Middle East’ and it will be again – when we, the Palestinians, rebuild it.

This year, I survived genocide. It burned my soul, but it also planted a seed of hope.
