Author: Razan Abu Assaker

Razan Abu Assaker Palestinian writer and journalist from Gaza residing in Türkiye. She writes for Lebanon-based daily Daraj.

Categories
Israel-Palestine War

“My Prayers Weren’t Enough” — Watching Gaza Burn From Abroad

5 women in hijabs gathered together to mourn, 3 sitting, 2 standing
Palestinian women cry as they bid farewell to one of their relatives after she was martyred by the Israeli shelling on the central Gaza Strip Saher Alghorra/ZUMA

In 19 years in Gaza, she always felt lost in her mind, body and even time. She was desperate to escape abroad, and made one attempt after another to find a way out. Eventually she did, for better or worse.

Exit mobile version