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'''We Are Not Numbers (WANN)''' is a project for established in 2015 by [[Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor]] to provide English-language writing workshops for young Palestinians in Gaza. It provides each participant with six months of training and mentoring with experienced English writers, professional authors, reporters and communicators. The features, stories, news reports and social media content produced as part of the program have been featured by |
'''We Are Not Numbers (WANN)''' is a project for established in 2015 by [[Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor]] to provide English-language writing workshops for young Palestinians in Gaza. It provides each participant with six months of training and mentoring with experienced English writers, professional authors, reporters and communicators. The features, stories, news reports and social media content produced as part of the program have been featured by various media outlet, among the [[HuffPost|Huffington Post]], [[Mondoweiss]], [[the New Arab]], the Palestine Chronicle and [[+972 Magazine]]. |
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==Background== |
==Background== |
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| Abbreviation | WANN |
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| Established | February 2015 |
| Purpose | Telling the stories of victims in conflict areas |
Official language | English |
Parent organization | Euro-Med Monitor |
| Funding | Donation |
| Website | Official Website |
We Are Not Numbers (WANN) is a project for established in 2015 by Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor to provide English-language writing workshops for young Palestinians in Gaza. It provides each participant with six months of training and mentoring with experienced English writers, professional authors, reporters and communicators. The features, stories, news reports and social media content produced as part of the program have been featured by various media outlet, among the Huffington Post, Mondoweiss, the New Arab, the Palestine Chronicle and +972 Magazine.
Background
WANN was launched in February 2015 to provide mentorship for young writers from Gaza on English-language writing and rich media content creation.[1][2] The project originated in the personal mentorship by Euro-Med Monitor's Pam Bailey of a depressed Gazan youth, identified as Ibraham, who had lost a brother and close friends in an Israeli airstrike. Bailey encourage Ibrahim to write about his experiences, which he did. The warm reception in international outlets for the resulting article became a "turning point" for Ibrahim that led him to found WANN together with Bailey.[3]
Activities
The program provides each participant with six months' training with native English-speaking mentors,[4] and began in 2015 with around 40 young people from Gaza writing on an English-language blog while receiving mentoring from experienced authors and journalists. The aim was to open a window to "the people behind the numbers in the news".[5][1]
A year later, the project had grown to involve more than 75 writers from Gaza, and was supported by mentors including Susan Abulhawa, Miko Peled, Alice Rothchild and Ben Norton.[6] In August 2016, Bailey was denied entry to Israel, despite having a permit to enter Gaza, on account of her 'illegal' work. A lawyer suggested she had been added to a blacklist of Palestinian and international NGOs involved with human rights advocacy.[7]
In 2019, a collection of works from the project was published in German as the book We Are Not Numbers: Young Voices from Gaza (German: We Are Not Numbers: Junge Stimmen aus Gaza).[5]
WANN also launched a Hebrew-language website called We Beyond the Fence in 2020 to provide Israelis with access Palestinian articles, poems and personal essays about life in Gaza.[8] As of 2021, WANN was involved with 30 NGOs and other organizations,[9] and in 2023, the program accepted its 17th cohort of prospective Palestinian writers.[10]
Content
WANN distinguishes itself by encouraging its writers to focus on the everyday lives of people rather than the narratives of war and conflict that dominate mainstream news cycles. While some WANN stories are political or discuss the longing of Palestinian refugees to return home, the primary aim is to highlight the personal, everyday suffering and plight of Palestinians. In contrast to the political calls to armed resistance in Gaza, WANN's writers draw inspiration from non-violent advocates such as Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi.[11]
References
- ^ a b "The Many Faces of Nonviolence - We Are Not Numbers". Nonviolence International. October 2020.
- ^ "Deported: Israel's war against Palestine solidarity activists". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ^ Katz 2022, p. 135.
- ^ "Euro-Med Monitor's We Are Not Numbers project celebrates graduation of new batch of writers". WAFA Agency. 5 April 2022.
- ^ a b We Are Not Numbers: Junge Stimmen aus Gaza [We Are Not Numbers: Young Voices from Gaza] (in German). Translated by Oehler, Lorenz. Lena Verlag. 2019. p. 2. ISBN 9783857874925.
- ^ "'We Are Not Numbers' shares the daily struggles and triumphs of Palestinian life". Mondoweiss. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ^ "Israel bans right activist from entering Gaza". Days of Palestine. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ^ "Palestinians in Gaza are bringing their stories of siege to Israelis". +972 magazine.
- ^ "Euro-Med Monitor's We Are Not Numbers project celebrates graduation of new batch of writers". Wafa.
- ^ "Euro-Med Monitor's project We Are Not Numbers launches 17th cohort of writers". Euro-Med Monitor.
- ^ Katz 2022, p. 136.
Sources
- Katz, Y. (2022). (Re)imagining Peace: Exploring Mediatized Everyday Peace in Israel/Palestine. University of Michigan (Thesis). doi:10.7302/6102.
Further reading
- Charlie, J. S. (2015). "Palestine Unbound". Journal of Palestine Studies. 44 (3): 104–113. doi:10.1525/jps.2015.44.3.104.
- Harrold, D. (2020). "From sumud to intifada: Supporting non‐violent action to enhance mental health". International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies. 17 (2): 165–182. doi:10.1002/aps.1648. S2CID 218954467.
- Saab, Sheren (30 October 2022). "Young Gazans' First Step Toward Liberation: Writing". Haaretz.