Smoke from Israeli airstrikes rises over Gaza City amid ceasefire negotiations on Oct. 6, 2025. Photo: Hassan Jedi / Anadolu via Getty Images

Sara Awad is a freelance writer and English literature student with a passion for literature and everything related to it.

When I heard that the latest round of ceasefire negotiations was happening, I felt nothing. I had zero interest in these talks. Countless times I’d followed the news and put my hopes into the idea that the politicians would decide it was time to stop the massacre of my people. Countless times I’d been disappointed .

On October 9, 2025, at 2 a.m., it was quiet outside my family’s tent, where we’ve family has lived since Israel drove us from our home in Gaza City. I was reading the latest news like a child searching for

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