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Louisa B. Waugh

Meet Me in Gaza

  • Alisa Kalyuzhnahas quoted5 months ago
    Shortly before I left the West Bank, a friend of a friend, originally from Gaza, gave me some advice. ‘Worry about your own safety, but not too much – there’s no point,’ he said. ‘Just keep your eyes open, don’t do anything really stupid – and laugh as much as you can.’
  • Alisa Kalyuzhnahas quoted4 months ago
    I want to be happy here, but – who can be happy in Gaza?
  • Alisa Kalyuzhnahas quoted5 months ago
    The twentieth century also saw some good times in Gaza, squeezed in between half a dozen wars and military occupations. Even now, under the shadows of Israel and Hamas, my new friends are making life more than worth living.
  • Laura Hryhoryeuovahas quoted3 months ago
    While learning street Arabic and making friends, I also found myself literally stumbling over local histories – of pilgrims, pagans, madmen, sailors, purveyors of lingerie and
  • Laura Hryhoryeuovahas quoted3 months ago
    g friends, I also found myself literally stumbling over local histories – of pilgrims, pagans, madmen, sailors, purveyors of lingerie and

    g friends, I also found myself literally stumbling over local histories – of pilgrims, pagans, madmen, sailors, purveyors of lingerie and

  • Riyam Alshimmaryhas quoted3 months ago
    Gaza, on the other hand, looks grubby and battered, full of rubble and bullet-smacked buildings, and scraggy donkeys dragging carts along broken streets.
  • Riyam Alshimmaryhas quoted3 months ago
    But first I had to secure an entry permit from the Israeli military, who control all traffic, human and otherwise, entering and leaving the Strip.
  • Riyam Alshimmaryhas quoted3 months ago
    Local Palestinians sometimes joked that they were living under two occupations – one by Israel, the other by international aid organisations.
  • Riyam Alshimmaryhas quoted3 months ago
    local non-governmental organisation
  • Riyam Alshimmaryhas quoted3 months ago
    I have no watch and my mobile phone is switched off, so I guess the time by the sun.
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