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Jun 18, 2017, 11:48 AM

There Is Still Hope

For many years, I have had a special place in my heart for poetry, and I'm fascinated by making words rhyme while conveying complex ideas. Though I kept my poems private, a special friend who is a close confidante has recently...

May 24, 2017, 11:25 AM

A Failed Trip to Jerusalem

Despite adequate preparations, checking with official Israeli contacts, thousands of dollars in reservations, and the intense firestorm against me for saying that I would be visiting Israel, Jerusalem was a destination too far. Twelve years after leaving the Gaza Strip...

Apr 17, 2017, 3:57 AM

A Gazan’s unshakable commitment to peace with the Israelis

Growing up in Gaza was difficult due to many factors, beyond the obvious ones. A challenge which I and a few of my peers encountered frequently was how to embrace new thinking and difference of opinion in an environment that...

Mar 13, 2017, 9:17 AM

Humanitarian Aviation is a Pragmatic Option in Gaza

Whenever the Israeli Transportation and Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz brings up his proposal to build an artificial island off the shores of Gaza and construct a seaport and critical infrastructure installations on it, many shrug the suggestion off and...

Feb 27, 2017, 8:10 PM

Let there be an airport in Gaza

A dream of local UN humanitarian aviation that could alleviate untenable living conditions for 2 million Gazans

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About Me

Ahmed Alkhatib is a naturalized U.S. citizen from the Gaza Strip. A graduate of the University of San Francisco, he lives in the Bay Area. He is the founder and executive director of Project Unified Assistance (PUA), which is a U.S.-based humanitarian nonprofit organization advocating to establish a UN-operated and regulated airport in the Gaza Strip. Ahmed has strong interests in dissecting geopolitics and social entrepreneurship.