The Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif during a report in Gaza City, on Aug. 13, 2024. (Credit: Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters)
Noor al-Yacoubi is a 27-year-old translator and writer. She hasn't left the Gaza Strip since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023, and has been sharing reflections on her life with L'Orient Today during the war. Today, she pays tribute to the young Al Jazeera journalist who was killed on Sunday, Anas al-Sharif.It was a hard night. Not because of the fiery belts that lit Gaza's sky, or the airstrikes that pounded the ground as tanks crawled into Gaza City.Not even because of the dark whispers that Gaza might once again be occupied, its people driven from their homes for the thousandth time. Not just a headline Diaries from Gaza: 'Aren't we already under occupation?' It was hard because we lost Anas. Anas al-Sharif — our noble man.It was almost 11 p.m. I was getting ready to sleep when my brother sent me a message: “Anas was...
Noor al-Yacoubi is a 27-year-old translator and writer. She hasn't left the Gaza Strip since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023, and has been sharing reflections on her life with L'Orient Today during the war. Today, she pays tribute to the young Al Jazeera journalist who was killed on Sunday, Anas al-Sharif.It was a hard night. Not because of the fiery belts that lit Gaza's sky, or the airstrikes that pounded the ground as tanks crawled into Gaza City.Not even because of the dark whispers that Gaza might once again be occupied, its people driven from their homes for the thousandth time. Not just a headline Diaries from Gaza: 'Aren't we already under occupation?' It was hard because we lost Anas. Anas al-Sharif — our noble man.It was almost 11 p.m. I was getting ready to sleep when my brother sent me a message: “Anas...
