How Times Reporters Froze a Fatal Moment on a Protest Field in Gaza - NYT 12/30/2018
On December 30, 2018 New York Times readers received their morning briefing and it read “Shutdown, McKinsey, Gaza.”
Articles & Essays
'My beautiful Gaza' — BBC 12/30/2018
"A Palestinian Instagrammer in the Gaza Strip wants to show us a different side of life there..."
Scores of amputations in Gaza as Israeli troops aim at legs
Today's read: Scores of amputations in Gaza as Israeli troops aim at legs, AlJazeera (12/10/2018).
We Shouldn’t Lie to Ourselves: Nonviolent Resistance Is Alive and Powerful in Gaza
Today's read: We Shouldn’t Lie to Ourselves: Nonviolent Resistance Is Alive and Powerful in Gaza, by Muhammad Shehada, The Nation (10/06/2018).
Winning Essay "The Party"
“There’s going to be a party tonight!” It’s 12 a.m. The entire house had gone to sleep and I’m sitting lazily on my desk studying, trying my best to ignore the infuriating buzz of the drones roaming above my head...
Winning Essay "30 Minutes... A Thousand Times Over"
"At times of war you become extra alarmed. You become a navigator as you try to predict how far each bombing is from your house and who of your beloved lives near the area you’ve predicted. And when you’re done with your calculations, you pray you were wrong..."
Winning Essay "Dear Blockade"
"Dear Blockade, I was 14 when I first met you. You never asked me to be friends, you just took over my life. You grew as I grew. I'm writing to you because you're a part of my life..."
Congressional Briefing on Gaza Mental Health Crisis
A US Congressional briefing focusing on mental health in Gaza will be held at noon on Thursday, November 29 at the Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2203 in Washington, DC.
Congratulations to the Essay Winners
We were thrilled to receive 41 submissions to our Gaza Unlocked essay contest "My Life Under Blockade." The essays were a powerful tribute to the bright and talented youth in Gaza...
AFSC holds a Personal Essay Writing Workshop in Gaza
As part of the My Life Under Blockade essay contest, AFSC’s Gaza and Chicago teams organized an essay writing workshop on writing personal narrative essays.