Ahmed Alnaouq

Jan 19, 2025 | newarab.com | Ahmed Alnaouq

As I listened to the announcement of the ceasefire deal in Doha-that Hamas and Israel had finally agreed to a truce to end the 15-month-long genocide against the Palestinian people-I felt huge sense of relief and disbelief. Deep down, I thought: Gaza has won! Yes, Gaza has emerged victorious, and Israel has been defeated.

Nov 20, 2024 | waterstones.com | Ahmed Alnaouq |Pam Bailey

AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOWFollowing the 2014 Gaza War and decades of oppression and resistance, storytelling platform We Are Not Numbers (WANN) was founded to give a voice to the youth of Gaza. Since then, young Palestinians, mostly living in the besieged Gaza Strip, have used the platform to chronicle the human impact of occupation and blockade. In doing so, they have passionately fought to be recognised not as numbers but as human beings with lives, hopes, and dreams.

Oct 22, 2024 | english.alaraby.co.uk | Ahmed Alnaouq

Israel thought they could bury my family, but they didn’t realise they were seeds Ahmed Alnaouq recounts the painful killing of 21 family members a year ago, & explains why this has driven him to speak louder on the plight of Palestinians. It was exactly this time last year that I sent my usual message to my family on our WhatsApp group asking if they were all okay. I had no idea this would be my last message to them. Until today, no one has responded.

Oct 22, 2024 | newarab.com | Ahmed Alnaouq

It was exactly this time last year that I sent my usual message to my family on our WhatsApp group asking if they were all okay. I had no idea this would be my last message to them. Until today, no one has responded. It has been a year since Israel dropped a bomb on my family home, murdering 21 of my closest relatives: my father, two brothers, three sisters, 14 nieces and nephews, and my cousin.

Jun 19, 2024 | dawnmena.org | Ahmed Alnaouq

I was born in 1994 in Deir al-Balah, Gaza. A small city, population around 80,000. It's not London or New York. There are few lights or towering buildings. But it's my home and I always loved it. The palm trees lift me. They are everywhere. If you climb to a high area in Deir al-Balah, it's all you see: hundreds of palm trees. Most of the residents are farmers, or used to be. In Gaza, we joke that Deir al-Balah is the city where everyone goes to sleep at 7. Farmers can't lie in.