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Gaza mourned as a city of lives, not ruins

Original: Gaza is not just an image of destroyed buildings. It is a city where there were homes, schools, hospitals, families, sto

Commentators are pushing back against imagery that reduces Gaza to destroyed buildings, arguing the city was home to families, schools, hospitals, and dreams now buried under rubble. Writers stress that behind every ruined building stands someone who lost a home, urging the world to see Gaza's residents as people with histories rather than symbols of devastation.

Why now: Ongoing destruction in Gaza is prompting people to humanise the city beyond images of ruins.

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• Gaza is not just an image of destroyed buildings. It is a city where there were homes, schools, hospitals, families, stories, dreams, and entire lives—and where today, so many of those memories have been reduced to rubble. Behind every ruin, there is someone who lost a home. A… · DiaaMahmoud097@ieji.de · 6

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