What a note in a schoolbook brought back
Diyar Murshed writes about finding a childhood note and remembering friends, school and home in Gaza City.
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Start with two people
Diyar Murshed writes from Gaza City; Ayham Freihat reflects on his family’s hometown in the West Bank.
Exhaustion is not surrender
Ayham Freihat reflects on new roadblocks near his family’s hometown of Al Yamun, and on how fear, distance and hope shape Palestinian life in the diaspora.
Read Ayham’s perspective at We Are Not NumbersWatch Palestinian lives on film
Three free films on childhood, daily life under occupation and Palestinian embroidery.
How I survive: a seven-year-old’s life in Gaza
Majdi Fathi follows a day with Lina and her siblings after their family was displaced from Jabaliya.
Content note: war, displacement and descriptions of bombardment.
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Skies Above Hebron
Esther Hertog and Paul King follow three Palestinian boys growing up in Hebron over five years.
Content note: armed soldiers, threats and distress involving children.
The art of embroidery in Palestine
Rashid Almashharawi’s short documentary explores how Palestinian embroiderers share the craft across generations.
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