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Gazan Stories
Welcome to the page, where we have dedicated the space to relating the stories of everyday Gazans that wanted to live and have the right to exist. The genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza have forever changed the lives of millions of people. In a world filled with hate and violence towards Palestinians, these stories are meant to humanize them and aimed at changing the narrative that mainstream media have consistently upheld. We thank you for reading and sharing these stories with the rest of the world. If you wish to see more of these stories, please support Kufi Productions through our DonorBox page. WIth your support, you will ensure that we can deliver stories, report news, and amplify diverse voices.
Gaza’s Fallen Towers: Stories of Memory, Loss, and Unbreakable Spirit
In Gaza, the towers were never just blocks of concrete and steel. They stood as witnesses to entire lives: to children’s laughter echoing in the hallways, to weddings celebrated…
A Journey Between Worlds: Valeria Bassot’s Path to Islam and Palestine
Considering what is happening in the world today, Valeria Bassot often feels that her story is not worth telling… but here it is. Valeria grew up in a tiny village in northern…
Endless Displacement: The Silent Journey of Gaza’s Women and Children
In Gaza, displacement is not called a “temporary journey.” It is known instead as a recurring part of daily life. (click here for the Arabic version) Women are the first to step…
A Letter to Gaza: Words of Faith and Solidarity Across Borders
In a world where Gaza often appears in headlines as a place of war, destruction, and loss, small acts of humanity continue to flow across borders. Sometimes, they arrive not in…
The Night The Eyes of Truth Went Dark
The Night of August 10, 2025 At 11:20 p.m., at the gate of Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza, where the Press Syndicate has had a tent for months to be a fragile shelter for those…
We Married While the Sky Was Falling
On a gray afternoon, the sky over Gaza was too heavy to hold love and too narrow to bear even a glimpse of joy. Marwa sat at the edge of a torn mattress, wearing a white…
In the Wagons of War
Today, as you sit in a small transport wagon – a makeshift means of transportation born out of war – you look into the weary faces around you, faces worn down by hunger and…
Where Hope Flies On Torn Kites
A City Emerging from the Storm In the summer of 2025, Gaza stands as a city worn down by siege and war—buildings reduced to rubble, lined up like silent witnesses to two years of…
The Loaves of Life in Umm Mohammed Al-Najjar’s Home
It was five in the morning in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood when Umm Mohammed Al-Najjar lit the wood stove in the courtyard of her house. Darkness surrounded the place except for…
A Soup of Survival: From Gaza’s Sea to the Fire of War
When they cook the fish, says Mohammad, it’s like they’re telling the world: there’s still a heartbeat in me… and there’s still life in the sea. But even this simple form of life…
Meningitis in Gaza: A Plague Growing from the Rubble
In Gaza, it’s not just war that kills. (click here for the Arabic version) Amid the rubble of hospitals, the ruins of schools, and the overcrowded displacement shelters,…
In Cairo: Palestinians with hands full of work and dignity
In an old neighborhood of Nasr City, the smell of taboon bread filled the air with the first light of dawn. Passersby did not know that this fragrance came from a small kitchen…
Ismail Abu Hatab: The Photographer Who Captured Gaza’s Pain — Then Was Silenced
In Gaza, where pain is the only constant, Ismail Abu Hatab was born an artist — someone who saw light as hope, and the camera as survival. He wasn’t just a photographer behind…
The Ultimate Sacrifice of Gaza’s Reporters
In narrow streets thick with smoke, beneath skies crowded with warplanes, journalists in Gaza head out every morning fully aware that this round of reporting might be their last.…
Doctors Who Choose Life Over Food
The story of Gaza’s doctors who chose life despite hunger In a corner of a hospital barely still standing, Dr. Asmaa Al-Hayek stood placing her stethoscope on the chest of an…
A Face of Beauty in a Time of Genocide
The Story of the Martyred Artist Abd al-Sater Fuad In a narrow alleyway in the northern Gaza Strip, Abd al-Sater Fuad was born—a slender young man with deep, quiet eyes, carrying…
The Gaza Siege: A Videographer Describes the Realities
The Gaza Siege (click here for Arabic version) Gaza is not a headline. It’s not a political talking point. Gaza, quite simply, is a place where children are born under bombs,…
She Wanted to Write, Not Die: The Story of Wala Jumaa Al-Efranji
She Wanted to Write, Not Die: The Story of Wala Jumaa Al-Efranji In the heart of Al-Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza, where alleys twist like the lines of a tired palm, Wala Jumaa…
Death by Bullets or Death by Hunger
Death by Bullets or Death by Hunger (click here for Arabic version) This is not fiction… It’s a real testimony from the heart of Gaza, where the starving are killed before the…
Ghada and the Flour: A Story from the broken Heart of Gaza
Ghada and the Flour: A Story from the broken Heart of Gaza Five days ago, in one of the neighborhoods of Khaza’a, east of Khan Yunis, Ghada Qdeih, a Palestinian woman in her…
A Feast Without Meat...And Dignity Amid Genocide
A Feast Without Meat… and Dignity Amid Genocide (click here for the Arabic version) In Gaza, Eid al-Adha this year was not just marked by poverty — it was a scene from a life…
My Journey to the "Center of Death"
My Journey to the Center of Death (click here for the Arabic version) Rafah, Gaza | Dawn – Sunday, June 1, 2025 When the air becomes too heavy to breathe, when your senses numb,…
The Doctor Who Rose from the Rubble
The Doctor Who Rose from the Rubble In the heart of Gaza City, war had become a rhythm — predictable, exhausting, and always deadly. But for Dr. Mahmoud Al-Najjar, 36, life still…
The Hunger That Doesn't End
Gaza Has Been Fasting Since 2023: How Do People Fast on Arafah with No Food, No Water, and No Shelter? Across the Muslim world, people prepare for the Day of Arafah with peace…
The Story of Watan Dabkeh Troupe: A Journey Born in Gaza, Now Reaching the World from Cairo
The Story of Watan Dabkeh Troupe: A Journey Born in Gaza, Now Reaching the World from Cairo (click here for the Arabic version) In the heart of Gaza—a city under siege, yet…