Palestinian

Mohammed Abu Mughaisib and Natalie Thurtle

‘Born under attack to be buried under attack, a life without rest in Gaza’

In May 2021, Gaza was enveloped in a new wave of violence. As the bombs fell, doctors Mohammed Abu Mughaisib and Natalie Thurtle were coordinating medical activities in the territory. They reflect on their very different experiences…

17 Aug 2021 / 10 minute read

Abed el Hamid Qaradaya

Physiotherapist

Gaza: “My children have already lived through three wars”

In 11 days of May 2021, Israeli airstrikes and shelling in Gaza killed 256 people, including 66 children. Three months on, Abed el Hamid Qaradaya, MSF's physiotherapy activity manager, shares his experience of living and working through the bombardment...

10 Aug 2021 / 6 minute read

Aymen al Djaroucha

Project Coordination

Gaza: “Night and day, what we are living through is terrifying”

After weeks of tensions in occupied East Jerusalem, which has been illegally annexed by Israel, fighting has broken out once again between the Israeli military and Palestinian armed groups, principally Hamas. Project coordinator Aymen al Djaroucha shares his experience from Gaza.

19 May 2021 / 4 minute read

Lulwa Al Kilansi

Project manager

From one refugee to another, I hope you can go home soon

Lulwa Al Kilansi is an MSF project manager in the Al Kashafa refugee camp hospital, in White Nile State, Sudan. Lulwa has been working in Al Kashafa for the last six months. In this personal post, Lulwa blogs about life for the people in the camp...

07 Dec 2017 / 4 minute read

Rasha Khoury

Doctor

One hand does not clap - Afghani proverb

Rasha is an obstetrician who recently finished her latest posting with MSF, working in the maternity unit in Khost, Afghanistan. She shares her experiences...

12 Oct 2017 / 5 minute read

Mohammad Ghannam

Communications

“Will they kill us here in Europe?”

“What is going to happen next? Will they kill us here in Europe?

18 Apr 2016 / 5 minute read

Mohammad Ghannam

Communications

Anger and loss as French police raze Jungle camp

"The sheer sight of the police frightens everyone in the Jungle equally — men, women and children. Some people, feeling stripped of what little dignity they had left, obey orders and leave their temporary homes with little fuss."

14 Mar 2016 / 6 minute read

Mohammad Ghannam

Communications

Refugees face ‘slow death’ in Calais Jungle

“This is how we live. Since when do people in modern Europe live like this? They put us in camps without decent food. We just sit around. We count the days. It’s a slow death.”

29 Feb 2016 / 6 minute read

Abu Abed

Doctor

We are alive, it's amazing!

On 26 August 2014, I was born anew. It’s the day of my birth – and my wife's and children’s too. We are alive, it's amazing! In Gaza, life has returned.

27 Aug 2014 / 2 minute read

Hazem Abu Malouh

Doctor

Working under pressure

In our clinical post-operative care, the MSF team is working under pressure, not because of the number of patients - we received 55 yesterday - but because of what they tell us.

13 Aug 2014 / 2 minute read

Abu Abed

Doctor

The ceasefire only lasted three days

When I woke at seven o'clock, my wife said, ’We still have one hour’. At eight o'clock, I received a text message from a friend saying, ’We’re stuffed’.

08 Aug 2014 / 3 minute read

Abu Abed

Doctor

I only hope that the truce will hold

Finally I can sleep in my bed again. My five-year-old daughter is happy that she can drink her milk before bed and get a good night’s sleep. I'm lucky in that my house hasn’t suffered too much.

07 Aug 2014 / 3 minute read