Mohammed R. Mhawish

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Mohammed Mhawish is a contributing writer for The Nation. He is a journalist originally from Gaza City and a contributor to the book A Land With a People. He has also written for 972+, Al Jazeera, MSNBC, The Economist, and more. Subscribe to his newsletter here.

A Palestinian girl carries a gallon of drinking water she filled from a water truck in Khan Younis. Palestinians in Gaza are suffering from a severe water crisis due to the destruction of water wells by Israeli air strikes.

A Ceasefire in Name Only A Ceasefire in Name Only

The language of ceasefire has been repurposed in Gaza: It no longer describes a pause in violence but rather a mechanism for managing it.

Feb 3, 2026 / Mohammed R. Mhawish

Ordinary Egyptians show their support for Palestinians, but their government leaves them in legal and political limbo.

We Left Gaza. But Our Pain Came With Us. We Left Gaza. But Our Pain Came With Us.

Palestinians who escaped the horrors of Gaza face a new trauma: the dislocation of exile from our homeland.

Aug 13, 2025 / Feature / Mohammed R. Mhawish

Journalists, holding banners, gather for a demonstration to draw attention to the journalists, who lost their lives in Israeli attacks, during

Gaza Is the Front Line in the Fight for Press Freedom Gaza Is the Front Line in the Fight for Press Freedom

The global press corps must stop looking at Gaza as someone else’s crisis—and start demanding justice.

May 14, 2025 / Mohammed R. Mhawish

Children line up for a hot meal at a charity kitchen in Gaza City, on May 3, 2025.

What It Feels Like to Starve What It Feels Like to Starve

What we are witnessing now in Gaza is not a famine of nature. It is famine as a weapon of mass destruction.

May 12, 2025 / Mohammed R. Mhawish

After Israel bombed the Mhawishes’ home, all that remained intact was a plastic ladybug his son was holding before the blast.

A Year After Israel Bombed My Family’s Home, I'm Still Trapped in the Ruins A Year After Israel Bombed My Family’s Home, I'm Still Trapped in the Ruins

While the physical scars have mostly healed, the emotional ones remain as fresh as the day Israel brought my home down on me and my family.

Jan 13, 2025 / Feature / Mohammed R. Mhawish

Fire breaks out on the tents of displaced Palestinians after Israeli attacks in the garden of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Gaza City, Gaza, on October 14, 2024.

“It Was Like Hell on Earth”: Scenes From a Night of Horror in Gaza “It Was Like Hell on Earth”: Scenes From a Night of Horror in Gaza

A devastating Israeli attack has left both the living and the dead unrecognizable.

Oct 16, 2024 / Mohammed R. Mhawish

Mohammed Mhawish and Refaat Alareer.

Refaat Alareer Was My Friend. I Will Miss Him Forever. Refaat Alareer Was My Friend. I Will Miss Him Forever.

The weight of his absence presses on me daily, a relentless reminder of the void he left behind.

Oct 11, 2024 / Mohammed R. Mhawish

A Palestinian woman carrying her child in her arms cries in front of a building destroyed in Israel's attack on the Bureij Refugee Camp on September 19, 2024.

‘I Have Watched My People Suffer in Ways That Would Shock the World’ ‘I Have Watched My People Suffer in Ways That Would Shock the World’

Dispatches from Gaza on surviving a year of genocide.

Oct 7, 2024 / Lujayn, Mohammed R. Mhawish, Ahmed Abu Artema, and Hani Almadhoun

Palestinians prepare to cross to Egypt from the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing on February 6, 2024.

“I Heard a Machine Gun Being Loaded”: A Harrowing Escape From Gaza “I Heard a Machine Gun Being Loaded”: A Harrowing Escape From Gaza

I knew the journey might be dangerous. I never thought it would be this cruel.

Jul 1, 2024 / Mohammed R. Mhawish

Palestinian children holding banners and empty bowls, gather to protest the food shortages in the city due to Israeli attacks and demand a cease-fire in Gaza City, Gaza, on March 12, 2024.

People Say We’re Not Starving In Gaza. How Dare They? People Say We’re Not Starving In Gaza. How Dare They?

Starvation is everywhere you look here. Denying that is beyond shameful.

Apr 1, 2024 / Mohammed R. Mhawish

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