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Ep 6 I Noor's Story Part 2 - Palestine: The Turning Point
In Part 2 of Noor’s story, we step into the turning point of her life in Gaza.
October 7, 2023 — a date the world came to recognize in headlines. For Noor, it was the day her life split apart. What are arguments and debates on the tip of our fingers were Noor’s lived reality: bombs falling, orders to evacuate, and the sudden knowledge that her family’s home, built brick by brick, memory by memory, could be lost forever.
This chapter is about the often-overlooked aspect of war; lived memories of vulnerable civilians like mothers with children stripped of support. Noor recalls the sound of rockets, the scramble to pack in minutes, the crowded apartment where dozens of relatives tried to survive together, and the silence that followed her husband Khaled’s death. Through it all, she became what so many women in Gaza have had to become: the head of her household, carrying both her child and her grief.
What You’ll Hear in This Episode
* Noor’s memories of life in Gaza just before October 7
* The morning of the attacks, and how she shielded her son
* Orders to evacuate and the impossible choice to leave home behind
* Life in a crowded shelter, where women stitched dignity into survival
* The loss of Khaled, and Noor’s shift into single motherhood
Why This Story Matters
Female Heads of Households are not rare in Gaza; they are the backbone of survival when war tears families apart. Yet their voices remain absent from policy and headlines. Noor’s story places us inside that reality: the exhaustion, the resilience, and the quiet strength it takes to keep a child alive when the ground beneath you is gone.
By listening, we move past numbers and statistics into Noor’s lived truth — the truth of a mother who did not choose this role, but carries it every day.
Noor’s journey doesn’t end here. You can stand with her family as they face the daily reality of survival in Gaza and beyond.Help Noor’s family survive starvation in Gaza here.
The Archive Speaks feature lived memories and stories of resilience and survival from places of conflict like Gaza, told by refugee women and female head of households, and preserved by The Refugee Archive.
Get full access to The Refugee Archive: Global Center for Displaced FHH at therefugeearchive.substack.com/subscribe
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By The Refugee Archive TeamIn Part 2 of Noor’s story, we step into the turning point of her life in Gaza.
October 7, 2023 — a date the world came to recognize in headlines. For Noor, it was the day her life split apart. What are arguments and debates on the tip of our fingers were Noor’s lived reality: bombs falling, orders to evacuate, and the sudden knowledge that her family’s home, built brick by brick, memory by memory, could be lost forever.
This chapter is about the often-overlooked aspect of war; lived memories of vulnerable civilians like mothers with children stripped of support. Noor recalls the sound of rockets, the scramble to pack in minutes, the crowded apartment where dozens of relatives tried to survive together, and the silence that followed her husband Khaled’s death. Through it all, she became what so many women in Gaza have had to become: the head of her household, carrying both her child and her grief.
What You’ll Hear in This Episode
* Noor’s memories of life in Gaza just before October 7
* The morning of the attacks, and how she shielded her son
* Orders to evacuate and the impossible choice to leave home behind
* Life in a crowded shelter, where women stitched dignity into survival
* The loss of Khaled, and Noor’s shift into single motherhood
Why This Story Matters
Female Heads of Households are not rare in Gaza; they are the backbone of survival when war tears families apart. Yet their voices remain absent from policy and headlines. Noor’s story places us inside that reality: the exhaustion, the resilience, and the quiet strength it takes to keep a child alive when the ground beneath you is gone.
By listening, we move past numbers and statistics into Noor’s lived truth — the truth of a mother who did not choose this role, but carries it every day.
Noor’s journey doesn’t end here. You can stand with her family as they face the daily reality of survival in Gaza and beyond.Help Noor’s family survive starvation in Gaza here.
The Archive Speaks feature lived memories and stories of resilience and survival from places of conflict like Gaza, told by refugee women and female head of households, and preserved by The Refugee Archive.
Get full access to The Refugee Archive: Global Center for Displaced FHH at therefugeearchive.substack.com/subscribe