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Huda Skaik

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Huda Skaik is an English literature student and a writer from Gaza. She is a member of We Are Not Numbers, and she also a contributor for Electronic Intifada, Middle East Eye and WRMEA. She has a strong interest in reporting and writing.

Amid a fragile ceasefire, Huda Skaik reflects on surviving more than two years of Israel’s war on Gaza — & how journalism became her way to reclaim purpose.

09 January, 2026

Huda Skaik shares her harrowing experience of Israel’s invasion of Gaza City, and her fear of permanent displacement & the erasure of her people.

18 September, 2025

For Israel, shooting the messenger isn't enough; the truth must be erased. Gaza’s journalists, armed only with a pen, are frontline heroes, says Huda Skaik.

29 July, 2025

This Eid al-Adha is Gaza’s fourth amid genocide, where the only celebration left isn't new clothes, it's food and surviving another day, writes Huda Skaik.

05 June, 2025

In Gaza, the fight to survive isn’t just about dodging airstrikes, it’s about staving off famine, with the spectre of death ever present, writes Huda Skaik.

19 May, 2025

Whilst Ramadan has brought spiritual renewal to Gaza, Israel halting aid & renewing its attacks has left many fearing the return of war, writes Huda Skaik.

18 March, 2025

From Gaza Huda Skaik recounts over a year of displacement with her family, the destruction they witnessed, violence they fled, & starvation they experienced.

28 December, 2024

Following Lebanon's ceasefire, Huda Skaik imagines what the end of Israel’s war on Gaza will be like. It won't be peace, but at least Palestinians can rebuild.

20 December, 2024

As Israel's genocide continues, Huda Skaik writes her personal reflections from Gaza on the relationship that Palestinians have had with death since the Nakba.

25 November, 2024

From Gaza Huda Skaik asks why, in the face of so much death and destruction, the world seems unable or unwilling to react to the horrors.

13 November, 2024