It often happens that after a while, some news disappear, but the suffering does not. I'm talking about Gaza. Because, sadly, only the name remains of the strip. The rest is mountains of rubble where the inhabitants, those who remain, are almost part of that landscape, stripped of the humanity they possessed at birth.
Today I want to offer them a little light, just as Ramadan begins this week.
While searching for information, I discovered that in the historic Al-Zawiya market in Gaza City, a few lights illuminate the few shops in a city, but what can an exhausted population do? Without money to buy food to celebrate, without water, without electricity, Gazans try to recreate, even if only symbolically, the atmosphere of the holy month.
What I've seen is that they use the available lanterns and lamps to celebrate the arrival of the holy month, despite the harsh conditions in which a large part of the population continues to live, most of them still displaced.
Keep in mind that Ramadan means spending the day, from dawn till dusk, without food or drink... And they've been doing this for two and a half years, barely eating.
If this story moved you, share it. If you believe there's something that shouldn't be silenced, write to me. We'll talk again in the next episode.
Patricia Lopez Muñoz
Student of English Studies
Higher Technician in Sociocultural Animation
Specialist in Immigration
Higher Technician in Social Integration
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