AUTHORS
Nour Abo Aisha
A writer, storyteller, and journalist from Gaza, driven by a passion for creative thinking and psychological insight. As a survivor of the October 7 war, she broadcasts her lived experience into powerful narratives that center the human condition and amplify Palestinian voices.
Jehad Abu Dayya
A medical student and poet from Gaza. He was displaced from Gaza City on October 13th, 2023, and is currently still displaced in Deir Albalah in South Gaza. His debut poetry collection in Arabic: مذبوح في هامش الوقت was published by the Palestinian Ministry of Culture. Exploring war, displacement, love, loss, and distance, the book is available in print…
Eva Abu Mariam
A 20-year-old young woman from Gaza studying dentistry at Al-Azhar University, Gaza. She writes her stories and poems so they may outlive time on the pages of history. Her work has appeared in We Are Not Numbers, Impulse magazine and was translated into French in the book “غزة تروي إبادتها” , published by the Institute for Palestine Studies. She is an I…
Lubna Ahmad Abu Dahrouj
A Palestinian student who lives in the Gaza Strip. She likes to write in English, and is passionate about writing poetry. Her writings have appeared in Baladi, Electronic Intifada, and We Are Not Numbers. Lubna aspires to become a translator and dreams of earning a master’s degree at a university in Britain.
Bilal Ahmed
A university student from Gaza, Bilal writes about life, people, and the experiences of his city. His words express hope despite hardship and carry genuine emotions drawn from daily life in Palestine.
Heba Ali
A graduate of the Faculty of Arts, Department of English Language, at Al-Azhar University in Gaza.
Haneen Alisawi
A passionate content writer and English-Arabic translator whose heart beats for words. She sees them as the hidden bond knitting humans together. Words solely have the ability to liberate souls or shackle them, in her belief. To her, to write is to live. She has contributed to
Mariam Mohammed Al-Khatib (Khateeb)
A Palestinian writer, poet, and dental student currently based in Egypt. A survivor of genocide and displacement, she uses literature as a form of resistance and a vessel for memory. Her work has appeared in We Are Not Numbers, Avery Review, This Week in Palestine
Shahd Alnaami
A Palestinian writer based in Gaza. She is an English literature and translation student at the Islamic University of Gaza, currently living amid the hardship of the genocide.
Shahd Alnaouq
A Palestinian writer and translator from Gaza. She studies English literature and translation at the Islamic University of Gaza, writing through the noise of war and turning survival into language.
Khaled Al-Qershali
An ambitious Palestinian writer from the besieged Gaza. He studies literature and English language at the Islamic University of Gaza. Khaled was a student of Dr. Refaat Alareer, whom Israel killed. Israel also killed Khaled’s best friends, Mohammed Hamo and Abdallah Al-Khaldi. For Khaled, writing can be used as a tool to resist the occupation. He has co…
Sondos Al-Saqqa
A voice emanating from the vibrant heart of Gaza, Sondos Al-Saqqa was born on January 9th, 1995. She has lived through numerous wars, including the latest devastating war. She cherishes reading, writing, and conversations with friends.
Taqwa A. Al-Wawi
A Palestinian writer, poet, and editor from Gaza. At just 19 years old, she is studying English literature at the Islamic University of Gaza. Through her writing, she strives to amplify Gaza’s voice and shed light on stories too often left untold.
Dima Maher Asher
A literature student and proud to have studied under Dr. Refaat Alareer, whose guidance and vision continue to inspire her. She is passionate about passing words into the world. Dima’s writings have appeared in We Are Not Numbers and The Electronic Intifada.
Esraa El-Banna
An English literature student, writer, and artist from Gaza. She was displaced from Gaza City on October 13th, 2023, and has now returned to her partially destroyed home. She creates comics as a style of simplicity that conveys powerful stories and truths with minimal tools. Her work aims to bring the voices and realities of her people to the world thro…
Ahmad M. Elkhuwaja
A Palestinian writer and storyteller from Gaza City. His work explores how time moves through people—how memory, loss, and resilience shape both individual and collective experience. Through fiction and creative projects, he seeks to capture the subtle intersections between history, emotion, and the present moment.
Abdelfatteh Fadel
A medical student and writer who is learning how to heal bodies while trying to write his way through the pain inside himself. He writes when words are all he has left, when silence becomes too heavy to bear. Paper and pen are his way to survive, to say what cannot be spoken. In every line, he leaves a piece of himself and his thoughts, as if he is slow…
Samah Zaqout
A Palestinian writer, translator, and lecturer based in Gaza. She graduated from the Faculty of Arts, English literature, as one of the top students, and worked as an English lecturer at the university, a translator at a local institution, and an online tutor on