Gaza Stories

A father loses everything to war-except hope. A moving tale of family, resilience, and the courage to rebuild when dreams are all that remain.

In the heart of the displacement camp, people learned to chase the roaring warplanes, waiting for parachutes to drop survival in cardboard boxes. It was a brutal lottery where a bag of flour required more luck than effort. But what happens when the box of life becomes an instrument of death? A gripping, heart-wrenching short story about the dark irony of war, where death doesn't always come from missiles-sometimes, it drops directly from a survival kit. As the world counts the aid packages falling from above, it turns a blind eye to the lifetimes crashing down with them.

Selim grows up in a deeply religious family, surrounded by routine faith and unquestioned tradition. From an early age, however, he is different-quietly questioning existence, truth, and the limits of human understanding. His doubts are not rebellious but philosophical, making it difficult for those around him to understand him. As he grows older, the tension between him and his family deepens, especially with his father, who believes peace comes through absolute submission, while Selim sees faith and thought as something more complex. His studies in physics further expand his perspective, revealing the precision of the universe but also deepening his existential questions rather than answering them. Feeling increasingly suffocated, Selim distances himself and travels to a remote mountainous lake, where nature becomes a silent space for reflection. Observing a turtle laying its eggs and birds moving in perfect formation, he realizes that explanations like "instinct" or "laws of physics" are only partial labels for something deeper and still mysterious. In the end, Selim does not find final answers, but reaches a quiet inner shift: instead of seeing questions as a burden, he begins to accept them as lifelong companions. Returning home, he carries a new sense of calm-one rooted not in certainty, but in acceptance of uncertainty itself.

How does a place of education transform into a shelter for thousands of extinguished dreams? Between a scarce water queue and a food ration that barely sustains a child, Queues of Life documents the raw, daily realities of displacement in Rafah. A powerful testament written because the world might forget the houses, but it can never bargain away the story.

A boy, a girl, and a missile. ילד, ילדה, וטיל.

This is a short story based on a true story in Palestine. Introduction of the characters: 1. Azkia, a-sixteen-year-old Palestinian girl who lost her whole families. 2. The Rescuer. 3. Israeli Soldiers. 4. Jasir. 5. Zainab, a little Palestinian girl who is able to see the future. #SavePalestine #FreePalestine

In a world reduced to rubble, where silence is heavier than bombs and love is the only thing left to hold onto, one voice rises to ask a question that lingers long after the last page: what does it truly mean to survive?

A space to learn, vent, and pray for Palestine.

I may not be Palestinian, but I am human. Humanity has a joint heart, and it bleeds for the innocents dying in the Gaza strip

It is nothing to enjoy A poem about a humanitarian crisis

These set of poems were published to describe love in a very unique way, hope, love and hate all in one poem

One day, strangers came with smiles, seeking refuge... Years later, they seized the home with weapons in hand. A tale of betrayal that began from the heart of kindness; A story of mothers who sew shrouds instead of wedding gowns... And a world that watches - yet turns a blind eye.

able to act or be done as one wishes; not under the control of another.

Grave News depicts a Palestinian-American family witnessing the war in Gaza through the news. The family struggles to cope with fear, worry, and horror as they watch the events of the war unfold through newscasts, wondering all the while whether their relatives back home are still alive....

From the heights of success to the edge of survival - the story of a Palestinian software engineer facing life's greatest challenge. Nabil Zaqout, 33, owned a thriving tech company in Gaza until war turned his world upside down. Now, with his wife and three children, he fights for survival and hope for a better future. A true story of strength, resilience, and hope amidst crisis.