From The Blog
28 November 2025
In the first week of November I was sitting with my mother in the tent in al-Mawasi in southern Gaza. ‘We can’t stay here through the winter,’ she said. ‘Our tents are worn out.’
Hassan Ayman Herzallah
Hassan Ayman Herzallah is a writer and translator based in Gaza.
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