Ali Altawil, Author at Global Economic Report

4Sep

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Middle East, Type of Post: Essays & Travel Writing, WAR: Dispatches & Dialogue

Poem: Gaza, Once a City

Gaza city, like a flower born of ashes that taught us how to love life. By Ali Altawil, M.D. There was a small homeland,gazing out over the seaas if guarding a dream,Its name was Gaza…Not just a city,but the heartbeat of a soulthat never knew surrender,A flower born of ashes,That taught us how to love life,Even as the shadow of deathhovered in its sky each evening.Gaza…Her simplicity shone brighter than any grandeur,And her people wove love from pain,They smiled through wounds,And dreamed,for dreaming ran in their veins like faith and blood.Gaza…She loved life…If not for herself,Then for her children,Those who knew nothing but how to adore her,For she was their mother, their child, their friend,The story we tell when time grows heavy,And we need a lesson in resilience. Gaza…The me...

18Jun

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Human rights, Middle East, Type of Post: Essays & Travel Writing, WAR: Dispatches & Dialogue

A Poem from Gaza: “Inside a Hospital”

Al Aqsa Hospital: 'In The Hush Before the Storm, The Fear of Everything' Ali Altawil, M.D. is a general practitioner and writer bearing witness to and shedding light on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, capturing lived realities with a poetic voice. He works at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the heart of Gaza, where he and his family endure the same struggles as the people he serves. Through his profession and his words, he resists oppression and holds on to the hope of a better tomorrow. If you’d like to support his work, visit his GoFundMe page at https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-save-my-life-and-pursue-my-education. Inside a hospital in Gaza,What does the scene look like?Tear-filled eyes.Pale faces.Breaths held…in trembling chests.A silence, thick.But not the peaceful kind,no…...

25May

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Human rights, Type of Post: Essays & Travel Writing, WAR: Dispatches & Dialogue

Poem: “Fragrance of Memory”

'Tell Your Children About Us,' Doctor In Gaza Writes Photo by Ali Altawil Copyright @alialtawil By Ali Altawil, M.D. Tell your children about us,That we cherish lifefar more than our enemy cherishes our demise,That we dance with joywhen a certain song graces our ears,That we delight in raising cats,That our souls glowin the presence of jasmine flowers,AndThat we walk barefoot in the rain,So the memory of the land may cleanse us,Returning us to the place where we belong,Scented with its sacred soil. Ali Altawil, M.D. is a general practitioner and writer bearing witness to and shedding light on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, capturing lived realities with a poetic voice. He works at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the heart of Gaza, where he and his family endure the same strug...

In Gaza, A Medical Doctor Writes of Endurance Amid Indifference

20May

By Ali AltawilNo Comments

Human rights, Middle East, Type of Post: Essays & Travel Writing

In Gaza, A Medical Doctor Writes of Endurance Amid Indifference

“We must not live only in the shadow” May 20, 2025—First in a series of essays and poems Ali Altawil, M.D. Altawil is a general practitioner and writer bearing witness to and shedding light on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, capturing lived realities with a poetic voice. He works at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the heart of Gaza, where he and his family endure the same struggles as the people he serves. Through his profession and his words, he resists oppression and holds on to the hope of a better tomorrow. If you'd like to support his work, visit his GoFundMe page. “They carry dreams as small as the sun” April 15, 2025: In Gaza, Children walk barefoot on their wounds, Carrying bags of clouds, Filled with verses of survival, And dreams as small as the sun. “We must not liv...