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From Sameer Kafina
Gaza… When Survival Becomes an Achievement
In Gaza, survival is no longer a given.
Waking up in the morning, finding water, getting a meal, searching for a safe place for your children, opening your eyes to find your loved ones still by your side… things that were once ordinary details in people’s lives have now become an achievement worth telling.
Those of us who live far from the war may not realize what it means for “tomorrow” itself to become a wish.
In Gaza, there are people who don’t ask for a life of luxury, nor grand dreams. All they want is for another night to pass without loss, for their children to find something to eat, for a roof over their heads to remain, and for them to be able to say in the morning: We are still here.
And perhaps this is why we shouldn’t see the people of Gaza only as victims.
They are also people resisting life itself; trying to preserve their families, what remains of their homes, their children, and some semblance of life amidst all this devastation.
We may not see this struggle in pictures.
But it happens every day. A woman tries to prepare a meal with what little she has left, a father searches for water, a child tries to laugh, and a family tries to sleep despite the fear.
These are not small details.
In a place where death is so close, clinging to life becomes an act of resistance.
Gaza doesn’t just need us to remember its dead.
It also needs us to remember its living… who try every morning to tell the world:
We are still here.
