Alaa Radwan

Mom, Teacher, Writer, genocide survivor in Cairo. I write analysis articles on Palestine and the Middle East. My original account @alaafromgaza92 was hacked.

[Alaa Radwan @AlaaRadwan43901]

Worst thing that happened to us in history. I hate to recall what happened during this genocide.

[HatsOff @HatsOffff]

Documented video from 2024 shows hundreds of thousands of Palestinians forcibly evacuated from Gaza homes at gunpoint, then witnessing destruction of their properties.

[Alaa Radwan @AlaaRadwan43901]

What It Costs a Gazan to Speak About Rape

"As Palestinians, we have already lived through horrors broadcast to the world in real time. Entire families erased beneath rubble. Starving children filmed openly. Displaced civilians burned alive in tents. The killing of Hind Rajab. We have watched Israeli soldiers film themselves mocking Palestinian suffering online, including videos showing them posing with Palestinian and Lebanese women’s lingerie as trophies. The world has already witnessed extraordinary cruelty. So why does sexual violence suddenly become difficult to believe when Palestinians speak about it? Why are Palestinians so often required to provide impossible levels of proof before their suffering is treated as credible?"

Read full article here:
https://t.co/hIVFF1ejwI

[Alaa Radwan @AlaaRadwan43901]

What It Costs a Gazan to Speak About Rape

"As Palestinians, we have already lived through horrors broadcast to the world in real time. Entire families erased beneath rubble. Starving children filmed openly. Displaced civilians burned alive in tents. The killing of Hind Rajab. We have watched Israeli soldiers film themselves mocking Palestinian suffering online, including videos showing them posing with Palestinian and Lebanese women’s lingerie as trophies.

The world has already witnessed extraordinary cruelty.

So why does sexual violence suddenly become difficult to believe when Palestinians speak about it?

Why are Palestinians so often required to provide impossible levels of proof before their suffering is treated as credible?"

Read full article here:

https://t.co/hIVFF1ejwI

[Alaa Radwan @AlaaRadwan43901]

As my friend @History__Speaks said, people outside our region often fail to understand how difficult it is for Arab men and women to speak publicly about rape. I am saying Arabs, not Muslims. Pay attention to the distinction. Honor culture runs deeply through Arab societies, regardless of religion. Countless women who were raped have remained silent out of fear of stigma, shame, and social consequences. It is wrong, yes, but it is a painful cultural reality that exists across our world.

In Gaza, a deeply conservative and religious society, people do not casually speak about rape. They would never invent such claims. Never. In our culture, even the word “rape” is heavily associated with women, which is one reason some male detainees spoke out while only one Gazan woman publicly reported similar abuse.

3 weeka ago, I personally spoke to one of the victims after his release. I asked him if he would agree to a video interview. At first he said yes. The next day, he apologized and told me he no longer felt safe speaking publicly. He feared being targeted, and his family asked him not to talk about it. I completely understood.

I also translated a documentary about Gazan detainees arrested after October 7. One former detainee described witnessing a dog rape incident firsthand. Translating that testimony was one of the hardest things I have ever done. That man was later killed during the forced starvation crisis last year at one of the aid distribution centers.

I know my people. I know the weight these words carry in our society. These are not accusations people make lightly. The shame, fear, and social consequences attached to speaking about sexual violence in Gaza are enormous. That is precisely why silence is so common.

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Critical take from Israel's Foreign Ministry on my column about sexual assaults of Palestinian men, women and children. You can read my piece here through a gift link: https://t.co/SL0oxguNmi

[Alaa Radwan @AlaaRadwan43901]

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[Alaa Radwan @AlaaRadwan43901]

Imagine spending years building an audience on X among journalists, writers, activists, and people who genuinely cared about your work, only to have your account hacked during the very first month your monetization was activated.

My account, @alaafromgaza92, had $630 in earnings before it was hacked. The money never reached my Stripe account, which means the hacker likely transferred it elsewhere while X support stayed silent for 20 days.

That money was meant for my family living in tents in Gaza. $630 means food for a month. It means life saving medication for my elderly sick father.

How is it normal to wait more than 20 days to recover a hacked account while the hacker has full control over your work, your audience, and your income?

This support system is a disgrace.

@nikitabier @X @premium @Support @gork

[Alaa Radwan @AlaaRadwan43901]

I can’t respect people who waste their time, energy, and effort attacking others. No one should keep digging into someone’s past as if any of us are perfect. We all make mistakes.

[Alaa Radwan @AlaaRadwan43901]

@ireallyhateyou @academic_la I wonder if you have other work to do???

[Alaa Radwan @AlaaRadwan43901]

@alaafromgaza92 @nikitabier @X @Support @nikitabier care to respond?

[Alaa Radwan @AlaaRadwan43901]

20 days have passed since my account @alaafromgaza92 has been hacked. I reported it to X support team the minute it happened. I still haven't heard from them. I have just learned they resolved similar cases within a week. What kind of support is this? @nikitabier @X @Support @premium @allegrajacchia @elonmusk

Why won't you admit that you are ignoring my case on purpose???

[Alaa Radwan @AlaaRadwan43901]

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[Alaa Radwan @AlaaRadwan43901]

If you are subscriped to @premium on X, please DM them on @premium and ask them to get me my account @alaafromgaza92 back. Your help is highly appreciated!!!

[Alaa Radwan @AlaaRadwan43901]

@IAMDorkSide @premium @alaafromgaza92 Nope!

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[ADAM @adamemedia1]

Israelis Dog rape of Palestinian detainees is now officially in the New York Times.

This was an “antisemitic conspiracy” not long ago.

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

I reported on the testimonies of Palestinians raped by dogs last month.

Pro-Israel cheerleaders responded by claiming this was an outrageous lie - and that it was antisemitic.

The New York Times has now published the testimony of a Palestinian detainee.

[Alaa Radwan @AlaaRadwan43901]

@owenjonesjourno I heard it firsthand from one of the Palestinians in Gaza. It’s absolutely horrible and sickening.

[Alaa Radwan @AlaaRadwan43901]

@sunsetfoglight @adamemedia1 Wow. That's funny!!!