Originally published in MaMagazine.
My name is Aisha. I am 27 years old. On October 7, 2023, my life changed forever. That morning, as the first bombs fell on my city, I discovered that I was pregnant with my first baby. Joy and fear intertwined in my heart, and every heartbeat since then has been marked by uncertainty and hope.
In the first days of the conflict, the chaos was absolute: explosions, death, airstrikes leveling cafes, houses, schools, and a mass exodus of people seeking an impossible refuge. My family and I were forced to leave our home in Gaza City, taking only the clothes on our backs. We headed south to Rafah, where we found temporary shelter in an overcrowded school. We were living in conditions unfit for life, with no toilets and no place for privacy.
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Illustration by María Herreros.