I was raised to love books. I never thought I would have to feed them to a fire so I could have a meagre meal.

Hend Salama Abo Helow is a researcher, writer, and medical student at Al-Azhar University in Gaza. She has published with We Are Not Numbers, the Wash... ington Report on Middle East Affairs, Mondoweiss and the Institute for Palestinian Studies. She believes in writing as a form of resistance.
I was raised to love books. I never thought I would have to feed them to a fire so I could have a meagre meal.
The self-sacrifice of Palestinian doctors in Gaza has inspired a new generation of medical students. I am one of them.