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‘Come Rescue Your Brother.’ Life and Loss in Gaza

Ibrahim tried to reassure me, saying everything would be okay, but my gut told me otherwise.

Nov 23, 2025
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Smoke rising from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. Photo by Jaber Jehad Badwan

By Yahya Al Masri

Yahya Al Masri is a Palestinian writer, linguist, and PhD candidate in applied linguistics at Mary Immaculate College in Ireland.

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