Arwa Shurrab has been having trouble reaching her family in the besieged Gaza Strip. She’s only received a few texts saying they’re still breathing.
Shurrab’s father came to the United States to study medicine at Columbia University. He returned to Gaza to practice. Many of his children followed suit, going into medicine, engineering and journalism. Arwa Shurrab is the only one who left Gaza.
On Monday I spoke with her about life there and her fears for the everyday people who call it home.