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In any case, you came, Eid

Awad, Hadeel
http://wearenotnumbers.org/in-any-case-you-came-eid/

Publisher:  We Are Not Numbers
Date Written:  06/05/2024
Year Published:  2024  
Resource Type:  Article

Finding a way to celebrate Eid even for just a few moments, was a way to show children that they were cared for.

Abstract:  Even though we have lived under siege and extreme violence under occupation for so long, nothing prepared us for the cruelty and suffering we are experiencing on this Eid. The sound of violent shellings has replaced the laughter of children. Missiles and drone attacks have destroyed our mosques and community centers, leaving them in rubble and devastation. Starvation has become a rule for most of Gaza, with everyone feeling the pain of hunger.

This Eid, I find myself and my family cramped into a small makeshift tent made of tarps and sheets. Our tent has an area of 3×3 meters and we are 10 people living inside.

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Today, on the first day of Eid in our small tent, I saw my little brother Muhammad and his friend Mahmoud playing and trying to make Eid decorations with white scraps of paper that they collected from a seller on the street. Mohammed is my youngest brother, age 13, and should be completing eighth grade. Mahmoud is 12 years old and should be completing seventh grade. They have both lost a critical year of education. Their friendship started since we were displaced to the tents, around seven months ago.
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