Yara is grateful to be in Australia. But it’s not Christmas while family and friends suffer in Gaza | Plestia Alaqad
The usual festivities have been replaced with silence and sorrow as families mourn the loss of loved ones and the destruction of their homes
It’s almost Christmas, and I always like to be the first one to wish my best friend, Yara, a merry Christmas as she’s always the first one to wish me a happy Eid on Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Adh. But is it appropriate to do that when there is still a genocide in Gaza and her cousins and friends are trapped in a church there?
Since we were in grade 4, I used to go over to Yara’s house in Gaza City, order food –probably from Al-Taboon Restaurant – decorate the tree, dance to YMCA songs, and then drink hot chocolate while watching a movie. We had this ritual going on for almost a decade.
Plestia Alaqad is a Palestinian journalist and poet
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