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Jesse Boylan, Lecturer and PhD student, RMIT University

Friday essay: 'what else should I lose to survive?' The young writers living – and dying – in Gaza

Please note that all our dreams are vanished.
I lost my house.
I lost 33 of my family members.
And I’m about to lose Palestine.
What else should I lose to survive?

These are messages sent to me via Facebook Messenger from a 24-year-old Palestinian writer, Abdallah Aljazzar, who, along with more than 2 million other Gazans, is spending his days just trying to survive.

While Gaza is under attack from Israel, Abdallah spends most days trying to secure food for the rest of his family, 30 of whom are living together under the same roof in the southern city of Rafah.

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