wn.com - 2 days ago

There are many truths in Gaza that have been buried, and stories told to cover the deepest wounds. The things we women in Gaza do not say, but that have lived within us throughout these two years of relentless loss – because we had to focus only on surviving. What the world calls “resilience” is less a virtue than a mask that spares outsiders from confronting the unbearable. The women of Gaza never claimed that they were stronger than their burdens. It was the world that said that, weaving ready-made tales of our courage. What has gone unsaid in this narrative, however, is that patience is not a choice but a trap. Survival is not always heroism. It is a fractured existence, punctured by loss...

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