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This section contains writings by children and young people mainly on their daily lives, dreams sufferings, aggression and aspirations.
The last testimonies are the children writtings about their horrific experience during the Israeli aggression on Gaza. The pictures were illustrated separately, independent of the text.

Articles in this section


Stories by the Children of Jerusalem Illustrated by the children of Gaza My Favorite Child (Children’s Writings)

Monday 17 December 2018
Hala Jaabari – 8 Years Imad Hissi & Hamza Abu Sinieh 13 years I live in Jerusalem, like a bird whose heart is full of sorrow, despite that no one can resist the joy of being in Jerusalem; so I promised myself to liberate Jerusalem at all costs, nothing will stop me, I will resist, and (...)


Stories by the Children of Jerusalem Illustrated by the children of Gaza Damascus Gate (Children’s Writings)

Monday 17 December 2018
Hizar Ja’bari – 8 Years Minna Allah Hassan – 12 years I am Hizar. I am eight years old, I live in Jerusalem, and I will tell you my story. Let us begin: I like Damascus Gate because it has the market where fruits and vegetables are sold, the sweets I love, like the cake of the feast, and sesame (...)


(36 IBBY )Writings by Palestinian children in Gaza (Children’s Writings)

Sunday 30 September 2018
In the 36 IBBY Congress in Athens a large textile Banner prepared by the children of IBBY’s two libraries in Gaza was presented. The distinguished Banner that has some of the children illustrations including in the midst, the Palestinian flag. Many of the children wrote about their love for (...)


A problem solved (Children’s Writings)

Thursday 23 August 2018


My Favorite Personality (Children’s Writings)

Thursday 23 August 2018


I love jerusalem and I love reading (Children’s Writings)

Wednesday 22 August 2018


Children Testimonies: We Were Screaming no One Heard Us! (Children’s Writings)

Tuesday 31 March 2015
Children Testimonies: Days of Horror We Were Screaming no One Heard Us! I am the child ‘Uday Barbakh’ and I saw many ugly scenes caused by the late Israeli occupation forces aggression on Gaza. My parents and I were displaced from our home to my uncle’s home, so as to feel safe, but I was (...)


Children Testimonies: Oh God don’t Deprive Me of My Father! (Children’s Writings)

Tuesday 31 March 2015
Children Testimonies: Days of Horror Oh God do not Deprive Me of My Father! A new day of the tragic days lived by us the children of Gaza. It is the beginning of aggression. I won’t write much, but I will speak with words that will be understood by any person with dignity and humanity. (...)


Children Testimonies: We Felt Death Every Minute! (Children’s Writings)

Tuesday 31 March 2015
Children Testimonies: Days of Horror We Felt Death Every Minute! We were at home on Friday night and we heard the sound of shells being fired from the occupiers on our neighbourhood. We couldn’t sleep all night because of the shelling; it was a difficult day and a bloody night, all my (...)


Children Testimonies: I Looked to the Sky Asking for Mercy (Children’s Writings)

Tuesday 31 March 2015
Children Testimonies: Days of Horror I Looked to the Sky Asking for Mercy From the first day of the war the Israeli military planes were bombing the arable lands next to our house, we were very afraid. The planes were bombing at all times night and day and their horrific sounds did not (...)


Children Testimonies: Our Burnt House (Children’s Writings)

Sunday 29 March 2015
Children Testimonies: Days of Horror Our Burnt House During the very cruel war we were sitting at home, and the planes fired two shells in front of our house. We ran away to our uncle’s house, and we found the area more dangerous, so we rushed quickly and walked to our Aunt’s house in the (...)


Children Testimonies: Our Destroyed Home (Children’s Writings)

Sunday 29 March 2015
Children Testimonies: Days of Horror Our Destroyed Home I am the child Malak, I am 11 years old. I will tell you about the war on Gaza for the year 2014 after I had told my story for year 2012. When the land war came on the Gaza district, the population of Beit Hanoun were being exposed (...)


Children Testimonies: No Safe Place (Children’s Writings)

Sunday 29 March 2015
Children Testimonies: Days of Horror No Safe Place We were in the month of Ramadan but we did not feel this holy month because the war made us forget hunger but not fear and terror. We love peace but the Zionists love death, destruction and killing. I was very afraid during the (...)


Children Testimonies: MY Wheelchair (Children’s Writings)

Sunday 29 March 2015
Children Testimonies: Days of Horror MY Wheelchair Name: Dina Abd el Raheem Jaber Age: 8 years I am the child Dina Jaber, I am 8 years old and an orphan and crippled, and I use a wheel chair. In the difficult days of the aggression I lived very hard days, the Israelis were bombing the (...)


Our Beautiful House (Children’s Writings)

Monday 10 February 2014
We went to school ready to sit for the exams. We did not know then that the Israeli planes will be waging a big and violent war against us and against our Palestinian people. We finished the first exam. While on our way home rockets from war planes hit the military positions. After wiping (...)


This War Terrified Me (Children’s Writings)

Monday 10 February 2014
I’m a Palestinian child who has suffered a lot since the war began, I heard the sound of airplanes and I was very much afraid. I have become used to invasions, for each time they invade Al-Shawka area many people fall as martyrs, but the fear is not the same each time. I was afraid each minute (...)


The Beautiful Dream (Children’s Writings)

Monday 10 February 2014
The war on Gaza Strip lasted twenty two days and we were dreaming that it ends well. It left great destruction and killings. It left orphan children with both parents killed. It made many families homeless. Even the schools were not spared from the brutality of the occupation. My school was (...)


Intense Darkness (Children’s Writings)

Monday 10 February 2014
It is night now and darkness is all over our home. In a winter cold night the family gathered around the heater. The head of the family sat and near him sat his youngest son and the other children surrounded him. At that time the mother was preparing dinner in the kitchen. There was a knock at (...)


Dust and Fire (Children’s Writings)

Monday 10 February 2014
Blazing scenes, pages tired of the dust of cries and fire that lit my eyes, the hymns of those cannons, the music of destruction and the sufferings of a sun that allowed monsters from the sky to hunt their prey easily; all this on that “black Saturday” among so many miserable days suffered by the (...)


Diaries From Gaza (Children’s Writings)

Monday 10 February 2014
A very cynical writing by a youth in Gaza combining tragedy and humor (we do not know the name) written during the war on Gaza 2008-9 Diaries by a Youth from Gaza A youth from Gaza writes spontaneously how he spent his time during the war on Gaza At first we saw the shelling and bombing on (...)


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