Taking to the Streets Taking to the Streets
Street demonstration, New York City, January 11, 2026.
Feb 3, 2026 / OppArt / Mary Richman
How to Survive in a House Without Walls How to Survive in a House Without Walls
After their home was obliterated, Rasha Abou Jalal and her family remain determined to build a new one, even if it must be built out of nothing.
Feb 3, 2026 / Rasha Abou Jalal
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
A Catalog of Gaza’s Loss A Catalog of Gaza’s Loss
Recording what has been erased—and making sense of what remains.
Feb 3, 2026 / Deema Hattab
What Happens to the Educators When the Schools Have Been Destroyed? What Happens to the Educators When the Schools Have Been Destroyed?
Hamada Abu Layla spent 22 years earning three degrees from Gaza universities. Now they mock him from a garbage dump.
Feb 3, 2026 / Ismail Nofal
My Sister’s Death Still Echoes Inside Me My Sister’s Death Still Echoes Inside Me
Rewaa was killed by an Israeli bomb. Her absence has broken me in ways I still cannot describe.
Feb 3, 2026 / Asmaa Dwaima
The Gaza Street That Refuses to Die The Gaza Street That Refuses to Die
What I saw walking one block in Gaza.
Feb 3, 2026 / Ali Skaik
At the Doorstep of Tomorrow At the Doorstep of Tomorrow
Faced with endlessly narrowing possibilities, I return to my diary in an attempt to dream, to imagine a future.
Feb 3, 2026 / Engy Abdelal
What Gaza’s Photographers Have Seen What Gaza’s Photographers Have Seen
These pictures are records of a genocidal war, but they are something more, too—they are fragments of Gaza itself
Feb 3, 2026 / Huda Skaik
A Day for Gaza A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
Feb 3, 2026 / Rayan El Amine, Jack Mirkinson, and Lizzy Ratner