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The author's mother on a beach by the Mediterranean Sea, Morocco, July, 2023.

Ummi

Maroua Rahaoui November 21, 2024

I was dragging my feet. They were too heavy to lift over the littered rocks and I was already huffing and puffing. The hill was much steeper than I thought and all of a sudden I questioned why I ever thought...

Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli airstrike on the El-Remal aera in Gaza City on October 9, 2023. Photo by Naaman Omar for Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA) in contract with APAimages, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

The Starvation of Gaza’s Children

Maroua Rahaoui November 19, 2024

Fictionalized depiction of the story of Palestinian boy Jihad and his dangerous, but heroic, missions in Abu Namus to feed his family, as well as others’ stories in Gaza of finding different ways to...

Destruction of Gaza, 2009, via gloucester2gaza, CC BY-SA 2.0 license

The Grief of Gaza’s Fathers

Maroua Rahaoui, Staff Writer May 5, 2024

Fictionalized depiction of the true story of photojournalist Hussein Jaber and his daughter, Salma Jaber. Based on videos and pictures. His head was pounding. He was tired. Anxious. Most of all fearful...

Q&A

Joss Bracero May 3, 2024

Q: Are you a man or a woman?  A: I try not to obsess over first impressions. I try not to impress at all. I try to keep it professional. I try to keep it casual. I try to keep myself behind my hair,...

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