Separated from son in Gaza
I saved the most heartbreaking for last. Please invest 2:22 minutes of your life to hear firsthand how the siege on Gaza rips families apart. And then, PLEASE, do something to press for change. Write a...
View ArticleB- for my Gaza birthday campaign but an A for effort
Thanks to my newsletter subscribers and website followers who hung in with me as I bombarded you all with video reminders about life in Gaza each day leading up to my 50th birthday. I hope you made...
View ArticleGaza under fire: What does it mean for philanthropy?
This article appeared on Philanthropy for Social Justice and Peace where I will be contributing monthly. I’m a critic of “poverty porn,” the selling of poverty to increase donations. It dehumanizes...
View ArticleUS complicity in Israel’s attack on Gaza
This article first appeared on Aljazeera. It was very kind of Brenda from the US Consulate in Jerusalem to finally return my call at 7pm, long after work hours. I had been trying since early morning to...
View Article#GazaUnderAttack
I think all people of conscience must be distraught right now. People are getting killed in Gaza in alarming numbers and with no sense to it. I am one of those who is struggling to figure out how to be...
View ArticleNajla Shawa talks about #GazaUnderAttack on July 23, 2014
Follow Naja at @WhateverInGaza. (20 min.) And if you love Najla as much as I do, you may want to see previous conversations we’ve recorded: July 17, 2014 on ground invasion during #GazaUnderAttack (8...
View ArticleGuest post: “When the Gaza Sky Burst into Flames” by Mahmoud Khalaf
It happened many times that I watched on news innocent people forced to evacuate either because of internal conflicts or wars being launched against their countries, but I never thought I’d be one them...
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Guest post: “I thought I was going to die, but it turned out to be my cousin”...
It was not the first time the Israeli Occupation Forces waged an assault on the Gaza Strip. Over here in the middle of the Gaza Strip, it was outrageous. The sky was almost full of Israeli warplanes of...
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Rant on Humanitarianism
This piece was first published on Philanthropy for Social Justice and Peace. It is 3am and my left index finger taps involuntarily on the laminate desk because I’ve been told by someone I respect that...
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Donor complicity in Israel’s violation of Palestinian rights
“In this policy brief, Al-Shabaka Policy Member Nora Lester Murad examines aid through the lens of “complicity” and exposes shortcomings in current legal frameworks. She argues that regardless of the...
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During Gaza
This poem was originally published on Counterpunch. There are periods of time during which there is only one place on earth and places for which one period of time changes history. These are my hearts’...
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Malala, where is your money?
The article first appeared in The Hill’s Congress Blog. Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Youzzeffi announced a donation of $50,000 for the reconstruction of Gaza’s schools. That was in October, in the...
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Israel devastated Gaza, but “aid” helps keep it that way
This article first appeared in the Huffington Post. Marking six months since the ceasefire in Gaza, 30 international aid agencies joined together to issue a statement titled, “We must not fail in...
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My trip to Gaza 2015
The Gaza Strip from April 2-8, 2015 (but it felt like one year) This is Kamal in front of his home in Beit Hanoun. Kamal LOVED his garden and tried to help me imagine how beautiful it used to be....
View ArticleHappy birthday to me, again
One year ago I celebrated my 50th birthday with the launch of a new Gaza Fund at Dalia Association. At the time I wrote that we should strengthen local leaders and local organizations before bad things...
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One Year After Ceasefire, ‘Temporary’ Housing for Gazans Seems to be Permanent
This article first appeared in Huffington Post. One year after the August 26, 2014 ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Abu Fathi Abu Jammous, his 8-month pregnant wife, and four children are living in...
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Come with me to Gaza (photo essay)
When Israel gave me permission to enter Gaza, a little strip of land integral to Palestine but completely cut off, I jumped for joy and called my friends to gloat as if I’d won a lottery. A few minutes...
View ArticleWhat do I say to Abu Fathi?
Almost two years ago, I wrote an article about Marwan Abu Jammous (Abu Fathi) and his family in the Khuzaa area of the Gaza Strip. At that time, they had been living in a temporary caravan provided by...
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