Palestinians walk along Al-Rashid Road toward Gaza City from Nouseirat, in the center of the Gaza Strip, on Oct. 10, 2025. (Credit: Bashar Taleb/AFP)
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 her diaries with L'Orient Today as Israel's onslaught on the enclave rages on.Just like every day since we arrived here, I woke up early — around 6 a.m.Living in tents denies you the right to sleep or wake whenever you want. It even denies you the right to privacy. The tents are packed tightly together, barely a meter apart.You hear everything — every whisper, every movement, every cough from your neighbor’s tent. Even if you want to sleep longer, you can’t. The camp wakes you. Incessant displacement Diaries from Gaza: I do not know where I am, I do not know how I arrived here As soon as I opened my eyes, my husband said, “Congratulations. The war has ended.”I laughed. “I hope...
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 her diaries with L'Orient Today as Israel's onslaught on the enclave rages on.Just like every day since we arrived here, I woke up early — around 6 a.m.Living in tents denies you the right to sleep or wake whenever you want. It even denies you the right to privacy. The tents are packed tightly together, barely a meter apart.You hear everything — every whisper, every movement, every cough from your neighbor’s tent. Even if you want to sleep longer, you can’t. The camp wakes you. Incessant displacement Diaries from Gaza: I do not know where I am, I do not know how I arrived here As soon as I opened my eyes, my husband said, “Congratulations. The war has ended.”I...
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