@NesrineMalik I was part of a kitchen project running from Al Manaar after Grenfell fire. We were cooking every week for our families and wider community. We were a multifaith, diverse group. The Duchess, Meghan, came. The Times ran a story about terrorist connections. It was not new
Over the past two days, I’ve found myself staring at the faces of victims.
I study the features of the frightened.
I read their words, written in the language of pain, even when their spoken languages differ.
I notice how their eyes widen in the same way when fear takes over.
How the voice trembles identically, no matter the accent.
The child crying in his mother’s arms inside a shelter in Tel Aviv clings with the same small fingers that once held a pencil, like Mariam did in her classroom in Iran before she was killed.
The mother sleeping at the edge of a road in Beirut shivers from fear the same way a mother in Bahrain trembles when rockets fall near her neighbor’s apartment.
War changes the names of cities.
It redraws maps.
It shifts headlines.
But it does not change the expression of fear on a human face.
It does not silence the same question echoing in every mind:
“Why is this happening to us?”
Narratives may differ.
Politics may divide.
Flags may separate.
But human pain is singular.
Grief does not carry a passport.
Tears do not ask for nationality before they fall.
And I understand this deeply,
not because I know the names of their cities,
but because I have lived through every shape of that fear myself !!
#NoChildDeservesWar #ProtectCivilians
They fire bullets randomly… just to plant fear in our hearts.
Our children tremble in their sleep, shaking from the relentless sound of gunfire.
Please, do not stop speaking about Gaza… and about the children of Gaza.
“My mother was killed, and my uncle was torn to pieces. I’m scared of the rockets.”
🚨HEARTBREAKING: The children of Gaza speak about their fear and trauma to psychosomatic specialist Dr. Nawal Asqoul.
Every one of them carries loss parents, siblings, friends and the weight of a childhood shaped by airstrikes and grief.
I took this footage when I was about 13. What you’re seeing is Jewish American tourists parading around our house like it’s a zoo, gloating about stealing it, harassing us and hurling insults. This is some of what we are protesting when we protest land theft events at Yeshivas.
I prepared this headstone six months ago, intended for our beloved friend Dr. Refaat Alareer and the members of his family, whose bodies we found only after months of painful searching. But I haven’t been able to reach the Ibn Marwan cemetery near Al-Shujaiya, where we buried Refaat alongside his brother, his sister, and her children.
The headstone has been escaping with us too, dodging airstrikes like the rest of us. I’ve moved it several times from one place to another, each relocation prompted by bombing or yet another incursion into Gaza City.
Today, the only place left for it was next to me, in my temporary office on Al-Wehda Street in Gaza center. The same street where I last saw him alive, just minutes before he was assassinated.
Every day, I read the inscription twice. Each time I see his name, I recite Al-Fatiha. I pray for Refaat, and for all my martyred friends. I only hope we live long enough to place their headstones with our own hands, and to recite their verses over the soil of Gaza, a land that refuses to die.
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"The day we began our hunger strike was the day we were victories, because we were not seized by fear nor despair"
- Qesser Zuhrah, currently on Day 47 of her hunger strike
The Palestinian Forum in Britain has launched the “Red Ribbons Campaign” to call for the release of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya and all Palestinian detainees held in Israeli prisons.
The silent, peaceful solidarity action will take place on Saturday, 20 December, at 1:00 pm in Oxford Circus, central London. Participants will hang red ribbons and display posters conveying humanitarian demands for freedom and justice.
Number of refugees per 1,000 people:
🇱🇧 Lebanon: 137
🇩🇪 Germany: 31
🇸🇪 Sweden: 23
🇧🇪 Belgium: 14
🇳🇱 Netherlands: 13
🇬🇧 UK: 6.5
We are not a "generous country". There is no crisis, other than a bankrupt political elite scapegoating the most vulnerable people on Earth.
🚨BREAKING NEWS
Venezuelan President Maduro:
If we didn't have oil, gas, gold, fertile lands, and a proud history, the United States wouldn't even know Venezuela's name.🇻🇪
The occupation must release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya who is one of thousands of Palestinian hostages that must be released. He was abducted from Kamal Adwan Hospital by the IOF on December 27th 2024. No Charges, No Evidence: His case remains clean - there are no charges against him, and all accusations have been denied due to lack of evidence. Despite this, Dr. Hussam remains unlawfully detained.
When Mohammad was killed by an Israeli sniper on Thursday, the media widely reported he was 11. @DCIPalestine always checks a child's date of birth and ID card to confirm age.
I really do believe it's important to get the details right when reporting on a child's last moments.