Oxfam GB
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Gaza: We are slowly being suffocated
Author: Oxfam GB
Mohammed Ali, Oxfam's Advocacy and Media researcher, writes from his home in Gaza city. Jan. 8, 2009 Today, I left my neighbourhood for the first time since this waking nightmare started. As my wife and I said goodbye, I knew that we were both thinking the same thing, that this could be the last time we ever see one another. As I closed the door behind me, I heard my child sobbing uncontrollably. ...
Author: Oxfam GB
Mohammed Ali, Oxfam's Advocacy and Media researcher, writes from his home in Gaza city. Jan. 8, 2009 Today, I left my neighbourhood for the first time since this waking nightmare started. As my wife and I said goodbye, I knew that we were both thinking the same thing, that this could be the last time we ever see one another. As I closed the door behind me, I heard my child sobbing uncontrollably. ...
Gaza: Are we not human?
Author: Oxfam GB
Mohammed Ali, Oxfam's Advocacy and Media researcher, writes from his home in Gaza city. The air, the sea and the earth in Gaza city are now occupied by the Israeli military. They occupy Gazans' minds, nerves and ears too. In a bid to stop my children twitching, jerking, trembling and waking at every sound of an attack during their few hours sleep and their many waking hours, I put cotton wool in their ears - it has not worked. I wonder what damage is being done to my children's tiny hearts, theirs are not as big as mine, they can cope less with the stress that is being put on them. ...
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Author: Oxfam GB
Mohammed Ali, Oxfam's Advocacy and Media researcher, writes from his home in Gaza city. The air, the sea and the earth in Gaza city are now occupied by the Israeli military. They occupy Gazans' minds, nerves and ears too. In a bid to stop my children twitching, jerking, trembling and waking at every sound of an attack during their few hours sleep and their many waking hours, I put cotton wool in their ears - it has not worked. I wonder what damage is being done to my children's tiny hearts, theirs are not as big as mine, they can cope less with the stress that is being put on them. ...
