‘My Soul Went Dark’ – A Final Call Before a Bomb Took Her Father

By Shaimaa Eid

Since her father’s death, Hanadi has suffered severe depression and often spends her time sitting silently by the sea, unable to move forward with her life.

“My soul went dark.” With these simple but devastating words, Hanadi Ramadan Abu al-Khair begins telling her story, seated on the sands of Al-Mawasi Beach in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, her voice cracking beneath a spiral of tears.

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