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
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
“We Have Covered Events No Human Can Bear” “We Have Covered Events No Human Can Bear”
Journalists in Gaza have bartered their lives to tell a truth that much of the world still doesn’t want to hear.
Feb 3, 2026 / Ola Al Asi
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
What Edward Said Teaches Us About Gaza What Edward Said Teaches Us About Gaza
On Palestine and the geography of vanishing.
Feb 3, 2026 / Alaa Alqaisi
The Melania in “Melania” Likes Her Gilded Cage Just Fine The Melania in “Melania” Likes Her Gilded Cage Just Fine
The $45 million advertorial abounds in unintended ironies.
Feb 2, 2026 / Katha Pollitt