"It is rare to read a story from a civilian perspective on war in Canadian mainstream media. Even if far outside the personal experience of the reader, Mr. al-Mughrabi allows us to see Gazans for once not as statistics but as people, who try to keep the family safe in a place where there is no shelter and no safety, while coping with frightened children who can’t sleep because of the noise and shaking."
May 13, 2023
To:
Steve Bartlett, Senior Managing Editor, Saltwire
Brian Moss, Reporting Standards, Reuters
Nidal al-Mughrabi, Journalist, Reuters
Dear Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Moss and Mr. al-Mughrabi,
I’m writing to you on behalf of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME, https://www.cjpme.org) to thank you for the article by Nidal al-Mughrabi of Reuters titled “Sleepless Gazans keep children, essentials close as Israeli bombing goes on” published by Saltwire.
It is rare to read a story from a civilian perspective on war in Canadian mainstream media. Even if far outside the personal experience of the reader, Mr. al-Mughrabi allows us to see Gazans for once not as statistics but as people, who try to keep the family safe in a place where there is no shelter and no safety, while coping with frightened children who can’t sleep because of the noise and shaking.
I also appreciated the context of the consequences of the Israeli closure of border crossings, emphasizing again that there is no escape.
More stories like this would help the Palestinian voice, which is so often absent, to be heard.
Sincerely,
Renée Nunan-Rappard
CJPME Saskatoon, Canada