Nour's Diary

We would like to share with you the diary of Nour, our psychologist who has lived in Gaza all her life. We suggested this format to Libération so that she could recount her daily life in the Palestinian enclave, punctuated by war and displacement with her family.

Many thanks, Nour, your words touch us deeply. We will not forget Gaza.❤

The MdM Press Office

"The photograph was taken in February 20225 in Wadi Gaza, the separation zone between north and south, during my return to the city of Gaza."

A camp for displaced persons in Gaza City, 25 November 2025

Nour’s diary, our gazan psychologist: “Strength is not only surviving danger; it is continuing to care, to offer hope.”

Episode 16 : since the ceasefire was announced, silence has returned, but in Gaza, any truce is as fragile as paper.
Une mère et ses enfants dans un camp de réfugiés à Khan Younès, dans le sud de la bande de Gaza, le 18 septembre 2025. (Ramadan Abed/Reuters)

Nour’s diary, our gazan psychologist: “The pain of a mother unable to feed, protect, or even grieve her child is deeper than any bomb.”

Two years have passed since the sky split open over our lives, tearing everything into “before” and “after.” Two years of constant fear, rivers...
Une famille palestinienne arrive au camp de réfugiés de Bureij le 21 septembre (Eyad Baba)

Nour’s diary, our psychologist in Gaza: “Can you carry a home in a bag, or only in your heart?”

They say, “houses die when their inhabitants are absent.” That phrase kept echoing in my mind as I gazed at every detail of my...
In the rubble of a house destroyed by an Israeli strike in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on 23 July. (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP)

Nour’s diary, our psychologist in Gaza : « I heal, I break, I hold, I fall apart »

Episode 12 : victim, carer and witness: an impossible triple role