By Topic: Peace and conflict
In Gaza we pray for a permanent ceasefire, right now
Amid an unprecedented escalation, an Islamic Relief worker* in Gaza describes the rollercoaster of despair and hope as a temporary truce is announced. We are now in the…
Read moreIslamic Relief continues lifesaving operations as staff driven from homes and office damaged beyond repair
Our team in Gaza are delivering aid every day in extraordinarily difficult circumstances. We asked our CEO, Waseem Ahmad, how they are doing it – and just as…
Read more“Palestinians are strong but we hurt. I pray this horror ends and my son has his birthday”
An Islamic Relief aid worker and father of 2* continues his account of the struggle to survive in Gaza. It has been a couple of days since I…
Read more“The world is watching Palestinians die like in a horror movie – raise your voice to help us”
An Islamic Relief worker* and father reports on the horror facing Palestinian families in besieged Gaza as the world looks on. I am more frustrated than ever. In…
Read more“I know we need to be brave, to endure, but death is closing in on families in Gaza”
Amid the ongoing escalation, an Islamic Relief worker* in Gaza shares his growing sense of despair as an end to the violence remains out of sight. We are…
Read moreSleepless nights and haunted days: my struggle to survive in Gaza
Continuing his dispatches from Gaza, an Islamic Relief aid worker and father of 2* describes the ever-present fear and scramble for survival that ordinary Palestinian families are facing.…
Read more“My children, my loves, I’m so sorry. We fled our Gaza home but can’t find safety.”
As Israel orders more than 1 million people to evacuate northern Gaza amid an unprecedented escalation, an Islamic Relief worker* describes days of dwindling resources in his last…
Read moreAnother day in Gaza: How we cope in summer
In his second blog as a regular blogger, Mohammad Ismaeel, safeguarding and accountability officer for Islamic Relief Palestine, shares what summer is like in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.…
Read moreMy family barricaded ourselves under a bed for days in Khartoum before escaping
Writing for iNews, Aya Elfatih, communications co-ordinator for Islamic Relief, tells of her family’s harrowing decision to flee as battles raged around them. My country is dying and…
Read moreBombing in Gaza turned my life upside-down
Khalidiya, 51, lives in Beit Hanoun, an area devastated by the bombing in May 2021. Here, she explains how it turned her life upside-down, and what it takes…
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