My life in Gaza: ‘We burned our copy of Nineteen Eighty-Four to bake bread. What would Orwell think of us now?’

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My life in Gaza: ‘We burned our copy of Nineteen Eighty-Four to bake bread. What would Orwell think of us now?’

From fleeing Gaza City to a birthday in the family – Karim recounts a month in the territory

Karim is a trained nurse in his early 20s from Gaza City. Until Israel’s recent forced displacement order he lived in the ruins of his former home with his parents and brothers. He has now been displaced by the war 13 times and survived an Israeli strike in Rafah. He kept a diary for the Guardian over the past month.

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/oct/03/my-life-in-gaza-we-burned-our-copy-of-nineteen-eighty-four-to-bake-bread-what-would-orwell-think-of-us-now

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