Why being a journalist in Gaza keeps me sane, with Ruwaida Amer

“Despite everything we have gone through in Gaza over the past year and half, the situation has not been as hellish as it has been in these last difficult days.”

Those painful words were just written by Ruwaida Amer who has contributed to The Electronic Intifada as a writer and video journalist for seven years.

Ruwaida was also the Gaza producer for the recently released feature documentary The Encampments, an intimate portrait of the global student movement ignited at Columbia University in the spring of 2024, to protest their institutions’ complicity in Israel's genocide.

She joins us on The Electronic Intifada Livestream.

This is a segment from The Electronic Intifada's livestream on day 573 of the Gaza genocide. Ali Abunimah, Nora Barrows-Friedman, Jon Elmer and Asa Winstanley were joined by journalist Ruwaida Amer live from the Gaza Strip, and journalist Kei Pritsker of Breakthrough News. You can watch the full show here: https://rumble.com/v6ss9fp-breaking-news-and-analysis-on-day-573-of-the-gaza-genocide-the-electronic-i.html