Birds of Gaza Don’t Leave

“Even the birds in Gaza have wings, yet they do not migrate.” A mural on the rubble of a house destroyed by the Israeli occupation in Gaza.

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    Dr. Marwan Asmar holds a PhD from Leeds University and is a freelance writer specializing on the Middle East. He has worked as a journalist since the early 1990s in Jordan and the Gulf countries, and been widely published, including at Albawaba, Gulf News, Al Ghad, World Press Review and others.

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