Mohammed R Mhawish

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We don't have to be dead for your movements to be alive
I’ve lost more than words can hold and I refuse to let the world dress that up as strength.
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My toddler watched Ms. Rachel in the rubble of our Gaza home. She just talked to me — and him
On why Ms. Rachel’s stand for the children in Gaza gave Palestinian parents like me hope.
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Gaza needs bread and breath. But when aid stops, funerals begin
The recent pledge of aid to Gaza is a cruel illusion, and amounts to nothing other than another layer of death and suffering.
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I won an Izzy Award. I accept it in the name of Gaza’s journalists
Most of the stories that brought me here were written in darkness — literal and figurative — without power, protection, and barely enough to survive…
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The unbearable task of reporting on Gaza while my colleagues get killed around me
Traumatized and weary, journalists in Gaza file stories between airstrikes, capturing what remains of lives and landscapes before they, too, are erased.
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I wish she could hear me right now
I tried to hold on to you, to keep you from slipping away, but all I have left are memories.
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Snapshots: I spoke with 20 people in Gaza after the ceasefire. My heart broke 20 times
In the aftermath of war, Gaza's people are picking up the pieces—of their homes, their families, and their lives. These 20 snapshots show what survival…
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Reflections on the Ceasefire in Gaza
On what the calm after the bombings means, and the damage it can't undo.
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The Winter That Burns
This Christmas, families in Gaza cling to hope, not for gifts, but for the simple wish that survival will bring them home all together again.
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A year ago, Israel buried me alive. I’m still clawing my way out
It's been one year since I survived the strike that destroyed my family’s home, but I’m still searching for a way out of the ruins.
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In my hometown Gaza City, Death and Hunger Have Become Neighbors
They say hope dies last. In Gaza, it’s on life support.
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It's OK to have a rough day. But twenty-five years? Twenty-five years, I think, is a little too much
Is it ok to have more bad days than we have good ones? Is it normal to carry more heartbreak than we carry joy? Because I don’t think I can keep…
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Mohammed R Mhawish
Mohammed R Mhawish
A Palestinian journalist and writer from Gaza offering ground-level reporting with a blend of personal narratives and in-depth analysis.

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