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“We did not imagine that we would never be able to go back home again.”

“We did not imagine that we would never be able to go back home again.”

An interview with Mohammed Telbani, a Palestinian who recently fled to Egypt.

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May 30, 2024
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I worked with Mohammed at the publication Popula several years ago and when I saw his GoFundMe, I contributed what I could to help him leave Gaza and join his wife and kids in Egypt. Seeing the donations creep up so slowly frustrated me and I got it in my head that if I just called up everyone I knew who might have $50 or $100 to spare he could get out.…

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