Gaza Diaries: We cannot turn away now
Jan 08, 2026
I write to you from Gaza, more than two years into a relentless genocide. We have survived, barely, and I write to you again, not just with words, but with...
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Gaza Diaries: We are still here, on the ground, working among the rubble
Oct 29, 2025
I write to you as I move through the shattered streets of Gaza—between work meetings and aid distribution points—searching within myself for my sweetest memories in this city. But my...
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Gaza Diaries: Every single minute, things grow worse. But we are still standing.
Sep 15, 2025
As Israel escalates its attacks on Gaza City, we wanted to share with you a message from our colleague Wafaa El-Derawi who is leading MECA's emergency response in Gaza. As...
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We are living here, we are staying here, we are not going anywhere: reflections from Gaza on 77 years of Nakba
May 15, 2025
From Wafaa in Gaza on the 77th anniversary of the beginning of the ongoing Nakba, the “catastrophe,” in which three-quarters of the indigenous Palestinian population was forced from their homes...
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Gaza Diaries: Moments of joy
Apr 27, 2025
I feel a deep sense of accomplishment when we manage to steal small moments of joy. It’s our own way of resisting genocide. The psychosocial activities that the children and...
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Gaza Diaries: Nurturing children’s spirits in Gaza
Mar 12, 2024
MECA staff member in Gaza Wafaa El-Derawi leads games with children living in an informal shelter in Gaza For over five months, hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza have...
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URGENT! Children in Gaza are facing starvation
Dec 30, 2023
My name is Wafaa El-Derawi and you may know that I’m the MECA Nutrition Coordinator in Gaza. There are no “normal times” in Gaza but usually my work is focused...
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Gaza Diaries: What the news doesn’t talk about
Nov 02, 2023
I want to tell you what the news doesn't talk about. 1.4 million people are displaced from their homes now, more than half of the homes in Gaza have been...
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