By Topic: Emergencies
Gaza crisis: Reuniting with my neighbour reminded me how much I miss my old life
Amid an unprecedented escalation, an Islamic Relief worker* in Gaza, recounts a happy and heartbreaking reunion. It has been a couple of days now since a total blackout…
Read moreTurning 6 in a Gaza under siege: No presents, no candles, but precious memories made on my son’s birthday
An Islamic Relief worker* in Gaza recounts the joys and sorrows of celebrating his son’s birthday amid the ongoing crisis. Today is my son’s birthday. He has just…
Read moreChronicling a crisis: Follow an aid worker’s powerful accounts from inside Gaza
After an unprecedented escalation began in early October, an Islamic Relief aid worker* in Gaza began writing about his experiences under siege. We’ve shared his accounts of struggling…
Read moreMy heart broke as bombs fell and my 6 year old cowered, screaming in terror
As bombs fall and newborns die in their hospital incubators, an Islamic Relief aid worker* describes his heartbreak at being unable to shield his family from the unfolding…
Read moreGaza under siege: ‘Life has become unliveable’
An Islamic Relief aid worker* shares how even simple tasks have become huge challenges in besieged Gaza.It is day 33 or 34 of this crisis, I don’t know……
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 moreOlives are rotting on the trees and food prices are soaring: The struggle to feed our family in besieged Gaza
How do you feed a family in a siege? Writing from Gaza, an Islamic Relief worker* reveals the many decisions that must be made, and challenges overcome, to…
Read more‘Death is the norm now’ in Gaza
An Islamic Relief worker* in Gaza recalls the fear and confusion of last weekend’s communications shut down as ground forces entered Gaza. My family’s displacement continues as we…
Read more“My neighbours are dead, and we’re too afraid to cook – are families in Gaza being left to die?”
More than a week after relocating his family south, an Islamic Relief worker* in Gaza finds the search for water, food and electricity increasingly challenging, and their environment,…
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.…
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