Opinion

About your death, which you believed to be inevitable but had chosen to ignore, you once declared loud and clear: “If I die, I want a loud death. I don’t want to be just breaking news, or a number in a group. I want a death the whole world will hear about…”.

On 16 April, the young Palestinian photojournalist was killed by Israeli airstrikes along with her family in Gaza City. Until then, she had tirelessly denounced the atrocities of war, channelling part of her work into the documentary she is starring in, which will be presented at Cannes in May.

Fatima Hassouna—like every journalist silenced by the Israeli army in Gaza—calls on us not to look away. She gave her life to bring us the truth. We will carry her voice forward, echoing her courage and demanding justice for this unspeakable loss.

Fatima Hassouna. Just a few days ago, this name was totally unfamiliar to me. Yet it could have burst onto the front pages, echoed on the steps of the Cannes Film Festival, shone with pride and courage.

Since the start of the war in Gaza on 7 October 2023, Medfeminisawia has been highlighting the stories of women in the heart of Gaza, in order to make their voices heard and give their personal stories the place they deserve. Rola Abu Hachem, journalist and correspondent for Radio Nisaa FM, continues to document her daily life under the bombs.

The extermination of Gazans and the colonisation of their territory by Israel, with the backing of the United States, its main ally, are taking place before our very eyes with complete impunity because the voice of the international community is non-existent, if not indifferent to the Palestinian tragedy. Only civil societies are crying out their indignation and striving to put an end to an ongoing genocide and occupation.

Since the war in Gaza began on 7 October 2023, Medfeminiswia has been talking about the experiences of women in Gaza. They want to give these women a voice and let their stories be heard. Rola Abu Hachem, a journalist and reporter for Radio Nisâ', continues to document her daily life under the bombs.

Since the start of the war in Gaza on 7 October, Medfeminiswiya has been committed to telling the stories of women, activists and journalists living at the heart of the inferno, to make their voices heard, to prevent numbness and, above all, to give the personal narrative the space it deserves. Our colleague Rola Abou Hachem, journalist and reporter for Radio Nisaa, continues to document her daily life under a deluge of bombs.

Ecofeminism, as defined in intellectual and activist circles in the Global North, is presented as an inclusive, progressive alternative to solve ecological crises. But what does it mean, concretely, for women in the Global South? Why does this vision, imported by international NGOs, often feel synonymous with guilt and injunctions rather than justice and reparation?

The massacres cease, but the images endure. The guns go silent, and the witnesses begin to speak. The fires go out, the screens light up once more, and the sky empties. Meanwhile, the archives overflow... With photographs captured as acts of defiance and weapons of resistance, the curtain cannot close on the genocide in Gaza—an event unmatched in its duration, intensity, and harrowing poignancy in the history of war.