Asmaa al-Ghoul on why she writes

Al-Monitor contributor Asmaa al-Ghoul shares her thoughts on journalism.
A Palestinian woman, hoping to cross into Egypt, holds her son as they wait with others at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip August 12, 2014. Under Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Cairo has secured closures on the Gaza border, increasing economic pressure on Hamas from a long-running Israeli blockade. Talks to end a month-long war between Israel and Islamist militants in Gaza have made no progress so far, an Israeli official said on Tuesday, as a 72-hour ceasefire in the
A Palestinian woman, hoping to cross into Egypt, holds her son as they wait with others at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip, Aug. 12, 2014. - REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
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Asmaa al-Ghoul has been writing for Al-Monitor since December 2012. A journalist from the Rafah refugee camp based in Gaza, she is a columnist for Al-Monitor's Palestine Pulse.

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