Tasneem is a writer/translator from Gaza, left her family in Gaza and reached Egypt.
Writing this has been one of the most challenging tasks I have ever undertaken in my life. Finding the right words to convey the unimaginable experiences my family and I have gone through is a daunting endeavor.
My name is Tasneem Ayyad. I lived the last three months with my family in unbearable circumstances. We are like every other family around the world—Me, my mother, my father and my 3 brothers, Omer, Mohammed and Kamel. My only sister who is a doctor at Al-Shifa hospital has got married two months just before the war. We lost our family home due to bombings and were forced to evacuate multiple times, moving from the north to the south of Gaza.
Leaving our lovely house, fully aware that we might never see it again, is an indescribably heart-wrenching experience that became our reality. We sought refuge in the south – in nearly ever city and camp – but even there, we faced evacuation warnings multiple times, putting our lives at risk.
Update: April 2025
I left my family struggling with insane genocide in Gaza and reached Egypt on Friday, 07/02/2025, as a companion to my injured brother, Omar, through the coordination between the WHO and the Egyptian and Palestinian authorities. Omar, 27 years old, has an amputated leg, and he still needs some operations before receiving the physical help and putting on the artificial leg. For me, 25 years old, I have lost my hearing sense completely due to the massive sounds of explosions, and then after taking medicines, I ended up having a profound hearing loss in my right ear and a partial hearing loss in my left ear. So, I need a hearing aid and maybe a surgery if there is hope for my right ear.
We are settling in an apartment along with other people waiting for the NGOs like HEAL PALESTINE that coordinates only to injured people under 18 years old to adopt our case so that Omar can start his treatment journey.
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