Gaza Diaries

We worked with Sarah Jacobus, a Southern California-based WANN mentor, to help us curate a selection of work by nine writers, created both before and after October 7. We’ll publish new pieces from this project every week for the next 5 weeks.
“Let Gaza Live” Image Credit: Wendy Elisheva Somerson
Editor’s Introduction: “A Humanitarian Crisis” by David L. Ulin
Gaza Diaries Week 1
“Messages of Concern: An Introduction” by Sarah Jacobus
“Entangled” by Roaa Aladdin Missmeh
Gaza Diaries Week 2
“I Wish I Were Born a Mermaid” by Ola AlAsi
“Amani and Riham” Palestinian Women Take Charge” by Lubna Abdelwahab Abuhashem
Gaza Diaries Week 3
“It’s a Rainy Day in My Normal Life” by Habiba Masoud
“Provisions, Pots, and Firewood: Feeding Our Neighbors in Gaza” by Mustafa D. Batnain
Gaza Diaries Week 4
“Surviving Beneath Gaza’s Tempest Skies” by Haya Abu Nasser
“O Lord, Guide Me Through Darkness” by Haya Abu Nasser
Gaza Diaries Week 5
“Pasha Palace: A Beauty of the Old City” by Rawan Jawad Ouda