Abubaker Abed
Bleak and Desolate Shelves | What Starvation Looks Like in Gaza
Abubaker Abed
I left Gaza in April after receiving a scholarship to study in Ireland. I’d delayed leaving for over a year, resistant to the idea of abandoning my family and my country. But I finally decided to go after facing symptoms of acute malnutrition and, as a journalist, continued Israeli threats to my safety. Until then, I’d lived in Deir al-Balah, a city in the center of the besieged territory. Those...
