Writing
Commentary, essays, and the newsletter.
I have been writing since I was eight years old. Stories carry what numbers never will. Published commentary in the press, and weekly writing in Mourtaja's Newsletter on Substack.
Selected pieces
Every piece below opens the original where it was published. Click any row.
Substack
The Great March of Return Was a Warning. We Didn't Listen.Eight years on from 2018, and what the response to that march foretold.
Substack
The Men Who Fed on Gaza's HungerIsrael engineered the famine, and a few men turned it into a business model.
The New Arab
Rebuild Gaza today or else Israel will erase Palestine tomorrowWithout a ceasefire and a reconstruction plan, Gaza cannot emerge from the rubble.
Middle East Eye
Israel might have destroyed Gaza's heritage sites, but it cannot erase my memoriesOn the destruction of Gaza's cultural memory, and what it means for Palestinian identity.
Middle East Eye
If Gaza is gone, there will be no PalestineOn the existential stakes of Gaza's destruction for the Palestinian national project.
Bitcoin Magazine
Examining the debate around Bitcoin's role in PalestineWhether decentralised financial tools offer anything meaningful under occupation and siege.