A Thought For Cold Gaza

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January 7, 2025

As the winter season begins and with the destruction of infrastructure, displaced Palestinians, particularly mothers, live in makeshift tents across the Gaza Strip, enduring catastrophic conditions, worsening their ongoing suffering, which has persisted for over 15 months amid the ongoing Israeli genocide in the enclave.

Mothers across Gaza struggle to provide warmth and safety for their families in fragile, temporary shelters after being forcibly displaced from their neighborhoods by the Israeli occupation, leaving them with no choice but to seek refuge in these tents.

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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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Gaza Underground – A Novel

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September 10, 2026

Gaza Underground is a novel written in Arabic by Atef Abu Sief.

An extract:

Once, Abdel-Halim suggested transforming the tunnels beneath Gaza into an “underground” network. Wael replied that some things do not lend themselves to commerce; what was being proposed was not a business venture, but a solution to the crisis. “Can you imagine,” he asked—gesturing along the length of the tunnel—”that there is an entire city underground here?! What will we do with it after the war?” Salim interjected, saying they would do nothing; they would simply continue sitting in the “magic café.” Naeem remarked, “Thanks to the war for this café.” They laughed as they reminisced about their gatherings at Wael’s chalet by the sea.

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