Rasha Abou Jalal on why she writes

Al-Monitor contributor Rasha Abou Jalal shares her thoughts on journalism.
Palestinian boy Mohammed Wahdan, whom medics said was wounded in Israeli shelling, is held by his aunt as he receives psychological care at Shifa hospital in Gaza City August 14, 2014. In a ward at Shifa, Gaza's largest hospital, child therapist Rabeea Hamouda is trying to elicit a response from two small brothers, Omar and Mohammed, aged three and 18 months, hoping for some words or perhaps a smile. For seven straight minutes the children, peppered with burns and shrapnel wounds sustained in Israeli shelli
A Palestinian boy, who doctors said was wounded in Israeli shelling, is held by his aunt as he receives care at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Aug. 14, 2014. - REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
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Rasha Abou Jalal has been writing for Al-Monitor since June 2013. A freelance journalist from Gaza, she specializes in political news and humanitarian and social issues.

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