بلستيا

Award Winning Journalist and Author

[بلستيا @byPlestia]

Don’t stop talking about Palestine
Don’t stop talking about Gaza

[بلستيا @byPlestia]

ذو العقل يشقى في النعيم بعقله، وأخو الجهالة في الشقاوة ينعم.
-المتنبي

[EMU/DAÜ @EMUOFFICIAL]

We are proud to host our alumna, Plestia Alaqad — an award-winning journalist and the powerful voice behind
The Eyes of Gaza. 📅 4 May 2026 | 11:30 📷 Mustafa Afşin Ersoy Hall, CL Building
@plestiaAlaqadp

[بلستيا @byPlestia]

@armandistic ❤️‍🩹

[بلستيا @byPlestia]

@beereadingshelf 🫶🫶🫶

[Jenny —🇬🇧 @notjennyc]

the eyes of gaza — plestia alaqad

[بلستيا @byPlestia]

I hope its clear now that it was never about self defense, and it is and has always been always about expanding israeli colonialism in the region.

[بلستيا @byPlestia]

When the world allowed a genocide to happen in Gaza, that was just the beginning..

[Ghassan Abu Sitta, Chair of Conflict Medicine AUB @GhassanAbuSitt1]

Israel has killed 111 children and wounded a further 334, in Lebanon in 2 weeks.

[Ghassan Abu Sitta, Chair of Conflict Medicine AUB @GhassanAbuSitt1]

Broken bodies, shattered lives.
Israel's war on Lebanon's children

[Wired Italia @wireditalia]

La giornalista palestinese ci ha parlato di cosa vuol dire raccontare la guerra, del (fragile) potere dei social e del perché documentare la realtà è più importante che mai https://t.co/ZVnt3n51jp

[بلستيا @byPlestia]

FAKE account.
Plz report

[CairoScene @CairoScene]

For the past two years, 24-year-old Plestia Alaqad has been learning how to report on Gaza from afar, while also discovering who she is beyond journalism.

https://t.co/9b7zJiKRaV

[بلستيا @byPlestia]

Two years ago today, Aaron Bushnell, a 25 years old, died after setting himself on fire outside the front gate of the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C.

Remember his name and remember him❤️‍🩹

[بلستيا @byPlestia]

بحس دايمًا كتير في توقعات عالشخص الفلسطيني الي طلع من غزة.. كإنه مطلوب منا نحرر العالم

[LA @LatifaAkhtar]

The Eyes of Gaza by Plestia Alaqad @panbooks
5/5⭐️

[بلستيا @byPlestia]

@Alaa_abdelmegie Thank uu❤️❤️

[WIRED Middle East @WiredMiddleEast]

For our digital cover, @byPlestia tells @carlasertin how social media shapes what the world sees. Her reporting from Gaza reached millions, but when communication is cut, evidence disappears and truth becomes contested.

Read the article: https://t.co/tC6L89AWS9

[WearThePeace @WearThePeaceCo]

Our newest collaboration with Palestinian journalist and author Plestia 🍉