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A Torturous Truth – The First Month of Life in Gaza After the Ceasefire

The story A Torturous Truth has been published by Dissident Voice magazine. It contains updates on many of the Gaza refugees I’ve written about in the past year and a half. You can find links to their individual fundraisers and contact info below. You can also purchase Gaza refugee Farah Kamal’s cookbook A Palestinian Feast by sending $10 to her friend’s PayPal and then messaging her on Instagram here or emailing her at fre7akamal122@gmail.com.

Fundraising info for all Palestinians mentioned in the article in order of appearance:

Omar Skaik: https://gofund.me/8d0008e04

Farah Kamal: https://gofund.me/1a347e047

Salah El-Din Youssef: https://gofund.me/011505d07

Mohammed Kassab: https://chuffed.org/project/122739-humanity-call-help-mohammad-kassab-find-a-shed-for-his-family

Mays Astal: Mays.ast@hotmail.com (for diplomatic help for relocation to another country from the West Bank)

Ali Lubbad: https://gofund.me/a608d3dd4

Maryam Hasanat: https://gofund.me/2745c5726 and her Dissident Voice articles

Yahya Al-Shaer: https://steunactie.nl/fundraiser/your-donation-even-if-it-is-small-will-save-us-from-starvation-in-gaza-1/-53599

Rawan Aljuaidi: https://gofund.me/fee92e443

The Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza City as Seen Through the Eyes of a Pediatric Nurse

I wrote this story about the ethnic cleaning of Gaza City in September 2025 with Ali Lubbad a pediatric nurse in Al-Rantisi Children’s Hospital. It’s based on his social media posts and conversations we had as well as his appearance in online meetings. You can find a link to his short autobiography below or in the text of this story. It appeared in Dissident Voice, an online magazine. Link here!

You can donate to Ali’s family at his GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/3410e738c

Ali Lubbad – A Pediatric Nurse From Gaza Shares His Story

Read Ali’s own short (2,000 word) autobiography on his life from 2023 to 2025 here. Please download the PDF for better quality. It looks a bit blurry in the Dropbox preview.

You can donate to Ali’s Family GoFundMe here:

https://gofund.me/da70af34e

A Palestinian Mother and Son Starve with Dignity

A Palestinian Mother and Son Starve with Dignity follows Rawan Aljuaidi as she struggles to feed herself, and her infant son Aboud, during the Gaza famine of 2025. Written by Eros Salvatore. Published by Dissident Voice.

Please remember to come back here to help Rawan and Aboud by donating to their GoFundMe campaign.

Marah’s Story, or The Disintegration of Gaza

A country is not a single entity but something that is made up of thousands of individual families, each one with their own unique story. Marah’s Story, or The Disintegration of a Country Family follows a grieving widow as she struggles to raise two small children after her husband is murdered by Israelis. Published by Dissident Voice, an online magazine.

Please use this link to donate $5 or more to Marah’s GoFundMe.

Marah’s Husband Bahaa

Mary and the Boy Who Rebuilt Gaza

Mary and the Boy Who Rebuilt Gaza by Gaza refugee Maryam Hasanat and Eros Salvatore, focuses on both the decisions people have to make in tough situations, and their hope for the future when facing impossible odds.

You can read more articles by or about Maryam here on Dissident Voice magazine.

Maryam and her son Kamal in a refuge camp.

Nike of the Salish Sea

A girl, a dream, a story…

My long awaited short story Nike of the Salish Sea was published by Boudin…the spicy online cousin of The McNeese Review in their Blooms in Dusk issue. Took me years to figure out how best to tell the story and get it accepted to a literary journal. It’s 5,000 words, about a 20 minute read if you’re a good reader.

I added a few improvements concerning the references to Marguerite Duras’ The Lover, so please read this updated version of Nike of the Salish Sea if you dare! Click below for the original Boudin magazine version:

Nike of the Salish Sea

Where it all started: Pixie Falls – Bellingham, WA