Zana’s Reviews > The Eyes of Gaza: A Diary of Resilience > Status Update
Zana
is 45% done
“The saddest thing is that I’m losing my ability to react, out of tiredness. I am so drained, just like everybody else. I want this nightmare to end, but I’m also afraid of what life will look like once it does. Will there even be a Gaza still? I’m terrified of the aftermath. And there’s nobody to question, nobody to reassure me that there’s a plan. Israel has deliberately destroyed every pillar that we have.”
— Jan 10, 2026 03:02PM
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Zana’s Previous Updates
Zana
is 95% done
“I will always believe that a future exists where Palestinians are not victims or numbers, but people, with rights just like everyone else.
I hope this book becomes a piece of history, one we learn from.
I hope it never has to be repeated.”
— 16 hours, 2 min ago
I hope this book becomes a piece of history, one we learn from.
I hope it never has to be repeated.”
Zana
is 75% done
“How devastating is it that we live in a world where the killing of babies and children is allowed just because they’re Palestinian? And protesting and saying this is wrong might get you suspended from work or school just because it hurts the emotions of the killer. Have we become so dehumanized that killing has become justified and normalized?”
— 17 hours, 18 min ago
Zana
is 70% done
“I turned twenty-two today, but I feel so much older for the experiences that I’ve been through. They’ve aged me. Today feels less like my birthday, and more like a day to remind me that I have no rights in this world other than the right to eventually expire.”
— 17 hours, 52 min ago
Zana
is 69% done
“Physically, I’m in Egypt, but mentally I’m in Gaza. I just keep wondering how many more Palestinians have to get killed for this to end? How much more of Gaza needs to be demolished for Israel to say ‘enough’? I feel so naive. Every night, I tell myself that things can’t get worse, only for the next day to prove me wrong. My heart aches with a pain that words cannot fully describe.”
— 18 hours, 0 min ago
Zana
is 65% done
“Maybe I should kill myself before the IOF target me and kill me themselves.
I’m not a suicidal person, and I’ve never said that out loud – I don’t think I ever will. But everything that’s happening is making me lose my mind.
Sometimes I consider the idea that being killed for Palestine might be an honour. Other times, I worry that I’ll be targeted and somehow survive, but in pieces.”
— 18 hours, 19 min ago
I’m not a suicidal person, and I’ve never said that out loud – I don’t think I ever will. But everything that’s happening is making me lose my mind.
Sometimes I consider the idea that being killed for Palestine might be an honour. Other times, I worry that I’ll be targeted and somehow survive, but in pieces.”
Zana
is 61% done
“What’s sad is that people have become reluctant to talk to the media, because they feel that it’s useless. And can I blame them? Can I promise them that sharing their story, reliving their trauma, will change anything in the world? No. All I can tell them is that I’ll try to do them justice, and that’s not enough for people who are dying.”
— Jan 10, 2026 05:41PM
Zana
is 60% done
“(By the way, I don’t like using the word Gazan but I have to. I hate how the IOF has divided us by experience – by slaughter. Palestinians in Ramallah or Jerusalem can’t relate to those in Gaza, and vice versa. We’re all one, but they’ve managed to make us feel completely separated.)”
— Jan 10, 2026 05:23PM
Zana
is 59% done
“If a child can smile, you can do the same, because no matter what the circumstances, humans will stubbornly remain human.”
— Jan 10, 2026 05:23PM
Zana
is 58% done
“Sometimes I wish that I’d just die, for the sake of resting in peace, and sometimes I wish to live, to one day see Palestine become free.”
— Jan 10, 2026 04:24PM
