Baraa’h Qandeel is a 26-year-old writer, dreamer, and translator in Gaza. She writes: “I have been dreaming of completing my postgraduate studies abroad for many years, and when my dream started to become reality my family and I lost everything. My career, my goals, and my entire life have been on freeze.”

Baraa’h is also a literary translator and participated in the 2025 Gaza Literary Translation Workshop Series, supported by ArabLit and Palestine Writes.

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